dependent on medicaid. and yet, when this bill passed out of the house over a week ago, he voted for it. how could that be? how could you do that to all of these people in your district? host: congresswoman judy chu, democrat of california, thank you very much for the conversation this morning. we appreciate it. guest: thank you. host: the congresswoman teeing up the debate in the senate over this so-called big, beautiful bill. the house of representatives is gaveling in for legislative business. we will take you to coverage live on c-span.

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the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house the approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. dean. ms. dean: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. van drew, is recognized for one minute. mr. van drew: thank you, mr. speaker. it is my honor today to welcome giani singh as our guest chaplain. he served as head grumthy since

2012. day after day, year after year he leads not just with words but with example. with peace, with humility, with service towards all. these are not just sikh values, they are american values. they truly are human values. and we have seen that shared spirit in action. today, the 81st anniversary of d-day, on the beaches of normandy, sikh soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder with allied forces. and that same spirit and that same bravery lives on today as sikh americans continue to serve our great communities in the great nation of the united states of america. i thank you all for coming here today. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

chair will entertain up to five further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the upcoming national trails day, a celebration of america's vast and scenic trail system. june 7 is national trails day. a call to get outside and enjoy the natural beauty that surrounds us. i'm especially proud to highlight a true gem in my district, the trails at jake's rocks. located in the heart of the pennsylvania wilds. this stunning trail system was named pennsylvania's 2024 trail of the year, and for good reason. it offers world class mountain biking and breathtaking views across the allegheny national forest, welcoming everyone from beginners to seasoned to outdoor enthusiasts. in today's digital world our

trail reminds us the value of unplugging and reconnecting with nature. with one another and ourselves. trails like jake's rocks are more than just pathwayser they are investments in public health, economic development, and quality of life. mr. speaker, i'd like to thank the volunteers, local leaders, and outdoor enthusiasts who made this trail possible. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? ms. dean: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. dean: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, gaza is starving. since march, palestinians have waited for food, water, medical supplies, and nutrition kits that have not come. instead an estimated 170,000 metric tons of aid sits right outside the gaza strip prohibited to enter by prime minister netanyahu.

let me be clear, since october 7, the return of all hostages, living and dead, has been my priority. they must be returned home to their loved ones, living and deceased. dignity must be afforded palestinians as well. children must be fed. doctors must be able to treat the injured and the dying. as of now that has not happened. instead, there is chaos, gunfire, and imminent death. half of the 2.3 million gazans soon face starvation. gaza is at risk of an avoidable famine. look at this photo of a young girl in her mother's arms who lost more than 40% of her body weight. that is the condition in gaza. look at this photo of desperately needed aid sitting right outside reach. where is our humanity? where is our compassion? we must bring aid, hope, and life to gaza. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the

gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in the honor of the life and legacy of a great mississippian, mr. ezell: a.e. peter pierce of had a mean liena who went home to be with the lord on the early morning hours of may 24. he was the best to everyone. a devoted husband to his beloved grace for 69 years. a u.s. army veteran. a hardworking father, grandfather, and public servant. a man whose quiet faith was lived out in everyday acts of service. from the shipyards of pascagoula to the halls of the jackson county board of supervisors. coaching little league to mowing the church lawn, even after his diagnosis. peter gave his time, energy, and heart to others. he was a fightful member of the assembly of god, a friend to the

forgotten, a kind man who cooked breakfast for his grandchildren on a regular christmas -- christmas breakfast for his grandkids always reminding them he was the most blessed man on earth. we grieve his loss but celebrate a life well lived and thank god for the example he gave us. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. magaziner: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. magaziner: mr. speaker, i rise today for the 17th time to demand that the trump administration deliver on its promise to restore funding for lifesaving food aid. this so-called pause on lifesaving food aid is unnecessary and unconscionable. quote, anybody who tells you that we can slash foreign aid and that will bring us to balance is lying to you. foreign aid is less than 1% of

our budget. that is a quote from marco rubio before he worked for donald trump. this is not how we solve our budget problem. a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the federal budget goes to life raving global food -- lifesaving global food aid. the trump administration said they will restore it. they need to follow their own words and do so immediately before more lives are lost. i will keep speaking on this floor every day until they do. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate the woman's rogue team at emory aeronautical university on the first ever national championship as a rogue team and to recognize the university for its first ever national championship since it joined the ncaa 2 era. mr. fine: they won this race rogue more than a mile, 2,000

meters, in mercer lake, new jersey, if you think about it that is a long way to row. i understand this. i have tucsons that are rower -- two sons that are rowers and i congratulate them for doing it. not only did they win the national championship, but the head coach earned the sunshine state conference coach of the year honors and a former teammate of my son's was named winner of the ncaa's elite award. she had the highest g.p.a. of anyone rogue at that national championship site. mr. speaker, i congratulate them and i wish them the best of luck in the season ahead. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, indianapolis is at the crossroads of america. the indianapolis international airport is in my district. it's one of the reasons why we proudly hold the claim to the distinction of crossroads of

america. mr. shreve: this past month indianapolis international welcomed a nonstop trans-atlantic flight to one of our gates. the flight from indianapolis to dublin on air ling gus, marked the start of daily nonstop service to this gateway. and onward connections throughout europe. importantly it represents an economic development tool. indianapolis has long been recognized as one of the countries' best midsized airport. we complete add multiyear, multibillion dollar infrastructure project to ensure we are prepared for our growing economy. in addition to 53 nonstop destinations served by indianapolis, we are the home of fedex's national hub. only the second largest in the country. for fedex. our maiden ae are r lingus flight reflects the strength of indianapolis and the global reach of our hoosier economy. i look forward to continuing the work. mr. speaker, i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 3458 -- 458, i call up h.r. 2966 ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 83, h.r. 2966, a bill to require

are the administrator of the small business administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 458, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on small business, printed in the bill, is adopted and the bill as amended is considered as read. the bill as amended shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on small business or their respective designees. the gentleman from texas, mr. williams, and the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, will each control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. .. mr. williams: i ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous

materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. williams: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. williams: i rise today in support of h.r. 2966, the american entrepreneurs first act of 2025. introduced by representative van duyne from the great state of texas. for four years under the biden-harris administration, the s.b.a. approved loans for illegal immigrants, despite their ineligibility, this bill requires citizenship verification of s.b.a. loan assistance applications to ensure that taxpayer-backed loans only go to american entrepreneurs. this congress the committee on small business is working to carry out the made in america agenda alongside the trump administration. and it's critical that we get the capital necessary for u.s.-owned small businesses to ensure they have everything they need to expand and grow. this bill codifies both president trump's executive order to end taxpayer subsidization of open borders, and administrator's program

guardrails put in place earlier this year. i ask my colleagues to support this bill for main street america, so americans can achieve the dream of entrepreneurship and business ownership. thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: thank you. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. velazquez: i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 2966, the american entrepreneurs first act. if we really wanted to put american entrepreneurs first, we would be debating a bill to strengthen s.b.a. lending and make it easier to access capital. or we could stop playing political games and finally vote to exempt small businesses from these painful on again-off again tariffs. that will put american entrepreneurs first.

unfortunately this bill does nothing to help small businesses grow or adjust to supply chain disruptions or unexpected tariff costs. rather, it will actually make it harder for thousands of legally operating small businesses to get the financing they need, at a time they need it most. s.b.a. loans are supposed to help credit-worthy businesses that cannot get loans elsewhere. that includes many immigrant-owned businesses, businesses that follow the rules, pay taxes and create jobs in our communities. let's set the record straight. first, the small business act already prohibits the use of funds for individuals not lawfully within the united

states. so contrary to any statement that my colleagues may make, that democrats have supported this, are incorrect. the statute is clear. secondly, there is no evidence, not a shred of evidence that has been shared with members of congress, the public, the i.g. or other law enforcement officials. my colleagues across the aisle keep claiming that the administrator, along with doge, identified a case wherein an illegal alien, we will get to my thoughts on that term in a minute, received a nearly $1 million loan, despite holding only 49% ownership of a business. but this allegation is

unsubstantiated. we have seen no document, data or details shared to support this claim. this claim reportedly came from doge. which immediately sets off alarm bells, given the well-documented issues with privacy and accuracy since its inception. it is also troublesome that republicans are blindly relying on the s.b.a. administrator's word. at our committee hearing, the day before yesterday, all we heard from her was empty rhetoric and evasive answers. so i will need to see some evidence before accepting her word on a case such as this. if we are being asked to enact such drastic measures without proper vetting or a thoughtful process, we need more than her

assurances. we need evidence. we need real facts. not fabricated ones. to back up these accusations. republican support for this bill seems to be strictly based on this one case. but without the facts and circumstances, how can we know the truth? oftentimes my counterparts seem to refer to anyone born outside the u.s. as an illegal. but democrats understand the nuances of immigration status. and what they call an illegal may actually be a visa holder, a green cardholder, or someone with daca or t.p.s. protections. precision of language matters, especially when it involves accusations of fraud. that brings me to my next point.

without a full accounting of this case, we could be looking at an illegal rescission of loan funds made by the trump administration. for all we know, the recipient of that loan was in compliance with the s.b.a. rules at the time. rules that i should note were in place during the first trump administration. those rules require 51% of ownership of a business by a citizen or permanent resident. meaning, if 49% ownership stake by a short-term resident, like a daca recipient, was permissible if other requirements weren't met. it allowed a pathway for hardworking documented persons to become entrepreneurs and give back to their communities.

if this administration simply misrepresenting the rules and calling foul for no reason, or are they the ones in the wrong by rescinding a loan that was issued lawfully? or is this all just a manufactured narrative? we may never know. because despite repeated requests, the administrator hasn't shared any information. on that note, if they have identified this as fraud or abuse, there is a processing place to turn over these findings to the office of inspector general and other law enforcement for a full investigation. not such referral has occurred. and not sbig has yet been named after the illegal firing of mike

ware, a respected watchdog praised by democrats and republicans alike. we also keep hearing about the need to protect taxpayers' money and ensure s.b.a. loans go to deserving small businesses. i don't disagree. but i remind my colleagues that some of the individuals they refer to as illegals, which in many cases means people with t.p.s. or dak status -- daca status do pay taxes. they contribute to social security. the previous 51 ownership rule recognized that and created a pathway for them to access some entrepreneurial assistance, but only as a minority partner with a permanent resident. this bill codifies the new rule that 100% of the business must now be owned by a u.s. citizen or permanent resident. that might sound reasonable

until you hear the real-world consequences. businesses could be shut out of s.b.a. lending because of a foreign investor with less than 2% ownership. or from a husband and wife who cannot get a loan because one of them is a european citizen with an ownership interest in the business, despite their clear commitment to creating local jobs and investing in their community. under this bill, they are also being penalized and the harm isn't limited to business owners. the bill creates a new set of compliance burdens that s.b.a. lenders are not equipped to handle. banks will have to verify the citizenship status of every owner down to the last percentage point. something they have told us

could expose them to legal risk on their civil rights laws like the equal credit opportunity act. we have also heard concerns that the information collected under this bill could be shared with immigration enforcement. this could turn the s.b.a. from a resource for all small businesses into an enforcement arm of d.h.s. that is not what the s.b.a. is for. finally, let me point out the double standard here. for years republicans have complained about regulations and reporting requirements being too burdensome for all small businesses and lenders. but now they're ready to impose an incredibly complicated, mandatory and invasive new compliance regime without offering any new resources to support it.

this bill is about scoring political points at the expense of immigrant entrepreneurs. it sends a message that some people, no matter how hard they work or how closely they follow the rules, do not deserve the same shot at success. we should be expanding opportunities, not closing it off. i urge my colleagues to reject this bill and stand up for the small businesses that make our communities stronger. thank you and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. williams: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield to representative van duyne from the great state of texas such time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. vancms. van duyne: thank you. we have seen incredible strides toward streamlining services,

eliminating waste and ensuring that every taxpayer dollar delivers immeasurable results. beyond tackling bloat inefficiencies and burdensome regulations, the administration has partnered with us to deliver real results for the american people. today congressional republicans are partnering with them through my bill, the american entrepreneurs first act. we've heard this bill described this morning as complicated and as taking drastic measures. drastic measures. that they actually -- s.b.a.'s going to need new resources to be able to actually do. simply put, all this does is say that, when you're giving out s.b.a. loans, that you have to require age verification and citizenship status verification. that's it. how complicated, how drastic is this? verify age and verify citizenship status. that's it. it is codifying an important executive action that's already taking place.

in recent months, it's been discovered that under the previous administration, lack safeguards has allowed illegal aliens, children and even the deceased to apply for and receive s.b.a. assistance. thanks to the great work done by this administration, we learned that in june of 2024 the s.b.a. approved a $783,000 loan application for a small business that was owned by almost half, 49%, by an illegal alien. and further they found that between 2020 and 2021, the s.b.a. issued over 3,000 loans totaling $333 million to borrowers over the age of 115 years old. one more time. that's $333 million of taxpayer dollars that went to borrowers over 115 years old. and more than 5,500 loans

totaling $300 million to children under 11 years old. is that where we want our dollars being spent? we know that without a doubt the previous administration welcomed millions of illegal aliens into our country. when the first 50 days of the trump administration, i.c.e. made over 32,809 arrests, which included 14,111 convicted criminals, including 1,155 criminal gang members. we cannot allow those kind of folks who are in our country illegally to take money away from hardworking americans who are applying for s.b.a. taxpayer-backed loans. i am thankful to see that the styed now turning and that we have a new day here in america, but it is important that we pass this legislation to protect the successes of this administration in the long-term. i urge my colleagues to join me

in supporting the american entrepreneurs first act and i yield back. ... the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: if this is so easy, let's then bring 1071 back because the type of information that is requiring and that is imposing lenders to provide at the very front end while 1071 is at the end of a long been approved. we are not burdening small businesses and lenders today. and by the way this bill likely violates the equal credit opportunity act. s.b.a. lenders have already told us that they are likely to pull back from lending so not to

violate ecola -- ecola. i yield five minutes to the gentlelady from new jersey. mrs. mciver. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new jersey is recognized for five minutes. mrs. mciver: thank you so much, mr. speaker. thank you to my ranking member velazquez. i rise today in strong opposition to h.r. 2966. a bill that does not serve our small businesses -- business community despite its name. at a time when local businesses are working hard to keep their doors opened and their workers employed, this bill would make it even harder to access the capital they need to survive. by adding new documentation requirements around age and citizenship, it slows down the loan process and risks excluding legitimate applicants. particularly those from immigrant and mixed status communities who already face steep challenges. let's be honest about what this bill really does.

it uses small business policy as a vehicle for immigration politics. that is not only misguided, it's harmful. small businesses are still feeling the after shock of inflation, supply chain, breakdown, and rising costs. we should be focused on helping them recover and grow. not create a new hoops for them to jump through. what's especially troubling is that this bill would lock into law a policy that was rolled out without enough input and with little regard for economic consequences. immigrant business owners start businesses at high rates. they create jobs. they invest in their communities. if we care about economic growth, we cannot afford to turn our backs on them. as someone who has worked closely with small business owners and immigrant communities, i have seen the resilience and determination they bring to our economy.

this bill sends the wrong message and sets the wrong priorities. we should be making it easier for small businesses to access the tools they need to thrive. that means focusing on the actual issues that raise -- that they raise with us every day. let me remind my colleagues on the other side. that would be inflation, access to capital, workforce shortages, and the lingering effects of, guess what, drumroll, tariffs. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this bill. this bill does not put american business owners first. in fact, it sets them back. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. williams: i yield to representative cloud from the great state of texas, you such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for as much time he may consume. mr. cloud: thank you, mr. speaker. today the house advances another

pillar of president trump's america first agenda with a passage of the american entrepreneurs first act of 2025. this bill ensures that taxpayer funded s.b.a. loans are reserved for american small businesses, not illegal aliens. certainly not children or people who are dead. americans are grateful to finally have a president in office who's protecting their taxpayer dollars and looking to weed out waste, fraud, and abuse. billions in loans have been flagged for suspected fraud to ineligible applicants, including illegal aliens. the trump administration has i.n.s. duty tooth add policy requiring s.b.a. loan applications to include citizenship verification provisions. it's common sense. this bill codifies these safeguards into law so no future administration can turn federal relief into a giveaway. this is to make sure we have mechanisms in place to ensure the rule of louisiana it's

prioritizing americans. making sure when a small business owner like those in texas or anywhere else fills out an application, they know the system is fair and the resources are theirs to access. with every bill codifying president's e.o.'s, we are moving closer to a government that puts america first. protects american workers. and restores american sovereignty. let's support this bill. i thank the chair for leading on this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, we have heard supporters of this bill say it's about protecting taxpayer dollars. and stopping fraud. but the facts just don't back that up. there is no evidence that undocumented immigrants are getting loans, they are not supposed. in -- supposed to. in one case republicans like to cite no proof has been provided.

it's likely doge and the trump administration are are confusing rules that were in place at the time with a stricter 100% o ownership requirement they imposed later. and that is what this bill is really doing. le it targets small business owners who are -- it targets small business owners who are here legally. people like daca recipients, visa holders, and refugees. people building businesses, creating jobs, and following every rule. republicans also claim this bill is about accountability. in reality it creates a mess for lenders. it forces them to track and verify the age and citizenship status of every single business owner down to the last percentage point. it requires all of this information just to be considered for the loan.

unlike the section 1071 rules which required reporting after the loan origination. this bill makes compliance a prerequisi a loan. i have to ask, after all the complaints we have heard over the years about section 1071, how do my colleagues justify this now? imposing this regulatory regime against lenders and borrowers. right now small businesses are struggling. tariffs are driving up the cost of goods. supply chains are under pressure. instead of giving entrepreneurs the tools they need to grow, this bill adds more barriers and more uncertainty. if it becomes law it is going to hurt the very small businesses

we should be trying to help. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. williams: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield to representative van duyne from the great state of texas such time she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for as much time she may consume. ms. van duyne: thank you very much. we heard concerns about 1071. there is a huge difference between what we are requiring in this and what 1071 required. that was for all businesses for all loans. it was not voluntary. and if businessnot comply they could be fined. what we are asking for is simply verification of legal status and age for companies that are applying for american taxpayer-backed loans. this should not surprise anybody. this proposed rule increases lending security and ensures that taxpayer dollars are used well. further, participating in government lending programs like the 7-a program naturally involves complying with government rules. this is no different. u.s. taxpayer dollars back the

s.b.a. lending programs. and adding additional assurances like age and legal status verification should go to lawful citizens is just common sense. lender concerns related to the nationality discrimination are are nonsensical. this law does not prohibit lending based on nationality, but rather on legal residency or status. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, section 1071, the borrower can decline after the loan. the lender cannot get information from a trade group. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: i would like to inquire if there are any other

speakers. from the chairman. mr. williams: we are prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is prepared to close. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: i'm proceed to close. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record two letters in opposition to the bill one from the small business majority, and another from unos u.s. mr. speaker, let me say that h.r. 2966 will not improve s.b.a. lending or support small businesses. this bill creates no barriers, targets legally operating entrepreneurs, and burdens lenders with requirements they are aren't equipped to meet. small businesses are struggling. this administration's trip policies has increased uncertainty and made it nearly impossible for many small firms to do business.

small businesses in my district and those that have reached out to my committee are not asking for this legislation. they want stability and they want more support. this bill risks making things worse by reducing access to capital for many small businesses that are following the rules. we should be working together to lift these businesses you up not passing laws to punish them. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this bill. and focus instead on solutions that will truly help american small businesses. and then let presay -- me say, that he brought this bill to the floor, without a single hearing. not expert witnesses. no nothing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. williams: i urge all members to vote yes on this commonsense

legislation. the american enterprise first act. we need to put guardrails up to support main street america. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 458, the previous question is ordered on the bill as amended. the question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to require are the administrator of the small business administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the passage of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the

ayes have it. the bill is passed -- for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. velazquez: on that i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of the -- of a vote for the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 217, the nays are 1906789 the bill -- 190. the bill is passed. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at noon on monday next for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the requirement of clause 11-a-1 of rule 10, during the 119th congress the permanent select committee on

intelligence be composed of not more than 27 members of whom not more than 15 be from the same party. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life and legacy of jerry danforth, a distinguished tribal leader, deck 9-8-8 rated navy veteran -- decorated navy veteran and beloved husband, father and grandfather who passed away on the morning of june 1, 2025, at the age of 78. widewide injury -- mr. wied: jerry devoted his life to service, first to his country and then to his people. he served honorably in the navy for over three decades, retiring in 1994 with the esteemed rank of force master chief. he was a veteran of both the vietnam war and desert storm and embodied courage, commitment and leadership throughout his career. jerry brought the same

conviction and discipline to his leadership within the owe nighta nation -- owe insidea nation. he was elected chairman of the oneida committee in 1995 and 2005. he also served his nation as a judge on the oneida judiciary where his wisdom, fairness and devotion to justice left a lasting impact. mr. speaker, jerry danforth's life was defined by service, leadership and love. his legacy will endure in the lives he touched, the institutions he shaped, and the nation he served so faithfully. i offer my deepest condolences to his family, his community and the entire oneida nation. may his memory be a blessing. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. ross: to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.

ms. ross: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor former congresswoman jane pratt. this week in 1946, she was sworn into the u.s. house of representatives, becoming the first woman to represent north carolina in congress. prior to her election, she served as a congressional secretary for 22 years. as a member of this body, she was an important voice, urging passage of legislation for major flood control in a reservoir in north carolina. she also joined other women members in supporting first lady beth truman's food program to support struggling people in post-war europe. after her term in congress, congresswoman pratt went on to serve the american people at various federal agencies for more than a decade. she proved everyone wrong who

questioned whether a woman was up to this job almost 80 years ago. and today i proudly stand on her shoulders. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair announces without objection the speaker's appointment pursuant to clause 11 of rule 10, clause 11 of rule 1 and the order of the house of january 3, 2025, and notwithstanding the requirement of clause 11-a-4-a of rule 10 the following members of the house to the permanent select committee on intelligence. the clerk: ms. stefanik of new york to rank after mr. crawford. mr. cohen of tennessee. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? mr. owens: i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. owens: mr. speaker, there's no greater joy than being a father. i'm blessed with six incredible children, 17 grandkids and they are the heart beat of everything i do. this father's day i'm proud to

reintroduce a resolution that recognizes the power and necessity of fathers shaping strong families and stronger communities. the data is clear. parents -- kids with engaged fathers do better in school and avoid crime and thrive economically and emotionally. but this isn't about data. it's about dignity. when fathers are empowered to lead, love, protect and mentor the children, entire communities are transformed. i'm grateful to my friend, jack, and the foundation for their tireless work in restoring fathers to the center of the family, especially in our most underserved communities. this resolution is a call to action, to support policies that strengthen families and encourage responsibility and promote a culture that values dads. let's celebrate fatherhood, the survival of our american culture depends on it. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks.

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. which elon musk should we believe? mr. latimer: in february he called the u.s. agency of international development, usaid, corrupt, beyond repair, and a ball of worms that needs to be eliminated. he claimed that there's a gigantic fraud loophole where government funds given to n.g.o.'s lack sufficient oversight. in march, elon musk called social security the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. and policy followed his comments. but then this week he said that if the massive deficit spending continues, there will only be money for interest payments and nothing else. no social security, no medical, no defense, nothing. this week he said about the big, ugly bill, i'm sorry but i just can't stand it anymore. this massive outrageous pork-filled congressional spending bill is a disgusting

abomination. which elon musk do you believe? the erratic rhetoric and policies of this administration are becoming clear to all who watch. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to speak to honor the life of a great tennessean and my dear friend, bobby mcclellan iii. he passed peacefully at 59 years old, surrounded by loved ones and greatly cherished by east tennesseans. mr. burchett: bobby was born into a seventh generation knoxville family, mr. speaker, with his father, matthew, who is just a dear friend of mine and my daddy's. his daddy was a legendary businessman. he -- bobby graduated from web school of knoxville, continued his schooling at the university of tennessee-knoxville where he

was a member of the s.a.e. fraternity. bobby later went on to serve as general manager for his father's company, m.s. mcclellan. he married the life of his love in 2006, julie. bobby also served his community by supporting the local animal shelters, national parks and recreation spaces and being allowed -- a loud and proud supporter of the tennessee volunteers. i spoke to my dear friends about bobby and his life and the trouble with this job, mr. speaker, is that too many times we miss events and i was not able to make it to his funeral because of things up here. and i miss bobby. he was a good man. i hope everybody joins me in honoring bobby by speaking out to maybe a beloved friend or family member you haven't spoken to in a while because whether they're gone, mr. speaker, they are gone. and remember, bobby used to say, there is no woo in rocky top and i had to explain, you would not

understand, mr. speaker. so thank you and i yield the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today i rise to recognize adina, a fearless young leader who is lives. adina was just 12 years old herself when she suffered a severe allergy attack that almost took her life. ms. morrison: but it wasn't caused by the food that she ate. its of from a medication she had been prescribed. unfortunately unlike its requirements for food labels, the f.d.a. doesn't currently have a standardized system for disclosing the presence of common allergens in medications. information that could save lives. as adina's representative and a doctor who has cared for patients for more than 20 years, i want to make sure no one is in danger of a life-threatening allergy attack simply because they took their medication. that's why i'm introducing the adina act, to make this

commonsense change to allergen information on drug labels a reality. and i'm proud this bill is strongly bipartisan. my colleagues on both sides of the aisle agree it's a no-brainer. i'm hopeful that together we can make this country safer and healthier and i want to extend my heartfelt thanks to adina and her family for your deep dedication, your tireless advocacy and for all you're doing for millions of americans with allar gentlemens -- allergies, to make their lives safer. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. mccormick: ski permission to address the house -- i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mccormick: i rise today to honor an american hero in every sense of the word. it is my distinct privilege and honor to recognize charlie dunn in the congressional record for the celebration of his 106th birthday. charlie was born may 27, 1919, and grew up in a farm near

hickory flat. he spent his early years assisting his father as they grew cotton, peanut, corn and sweet potatoes. after the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing depression, dunn relocated with his family and he stopped school to work full-time to help support his family. he was drafted into the united states army and went through basic and advanced training in virginia and texas. from there, he was sent to england are we fought with general george s. pattin's third army as a combat engineer. he delivered temporary bridges to the front line, repaired and rebuilt damaged bridges and demolished german military infrastructure along the way. upon his return home, mr. duncan worked as craftsman, specializing in staircase bannisters and was active in the real estate mancht throughout his life, he has served as community leader and an exemplary figure who has handled some of the most trying events in american history with valor

and grit. mr. duncan exemplifies all the he exemplifies all the values as americans. duty, sacrifice, reliability, and bravery. happy birthday, sir. best wishes for a fantastic year ahead. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. garcia: mr. speaker, i rise today to wish everyone a joyful and proud pride month. in houston, pride runs deep. we hosted one of the first nighttime parades in the country. and today it is the fourth largest in the nation. it's not just a parade.

legacy, communities health, and the montro center are doing the work every day making sure that our lgbtqia+ neighbors have care, housing, community, and support. that's what we should be focused on. there is so much good that we can be doing. instead my republican colleagues are using their power to bully and target transkids. children who just want to be safe, make friends, and be themselves. those kids show more bravery than many of my colleagues here in this chamber. we should all learn from them. to every young person watching, i see you, i hear you, i will fight for you. today and every day. because in texas, when we say all, that means all. thank you, i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does distinguished gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. taylor: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize and celebration the life of marcy perrin. a lifelong resident of ohio's second congressional district and beloved wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great grandmother. marcy passed away on may 13, 2025, at the age of 82. marcy always put service above herself and served as a cook at the brooksates school. those who knew her well say she never met a stranger and had a wonderful sense of humor that put everyone around her at ease. beyond her love of family and kindness to others, marcy will be remembered as the queen of peewee football. she served as the founding member and treasurer of the pick yahweh county peewee board working to ensure every child who wanted to participate could

do so. throughout her 50 years of involvement, she earned the love and affection of youth in her community. many called her mom and knew they could always count on her to be there for them. the greatness of america lies in ordinary citizens like marcy who became part of something bigger than themselves. let us all work to follow her example by being kind to one another and leading service oriented lives. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise to recognize the coachella football club from california's 25th district lifting up young athletes and inspiring our community. mr. ruiz: this past year the premiere team, our semipro squad

dominated the field. they were socal east season champions and went undefeated in the divisional playoffs. coached by aldo, this team played one of their best seasons yet and we are so proud of them. they are not alone. the coachella football club's academy's 17 and under boys team also had a phenomenal run winning the fall 2024 and spring 2025 socal east championships without a single loss. thanks to coaches, they have set the bar for excellence, teamwork, and sportsmanship. a special congrats to could he cello football owner who founded the team with a vision to help players turn their dreams into reality. he called the club a dream factory and continues to inspire his players to dream big. to every coachella football player and coach, thank you for representing our district with grit, heart, and pride. your success reminds us all what is possible when talent meets dedication. thank you, mr. speaker.

i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman -- the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the life and legacy of john farrow. mr. bresnahan: a beloved member who passed away on may 13, 2025. he was born in italy and dedicated his life to service, community, and family. a devoted husband to josephine for 51 years. a proud father and cherished friend to many. john's commitment to his community was evident through his active participation in local organizations and his unwavering support and initiatives that aim to improve the lives of those around him. he was a chairman of the monroe county municipal waste management authority and active leader with the boy scouts troop 83. he truly lived the american dream. i had the pleasure of hosting him here in washington, d.c.,

for my swearing-in, as well as representative ryan mckenzie and senator dave mccormicks. his dedication left an indelible mark on all who had the privilege of knowing him. his legacy serves as the testament of the profound impact one individual can have through a life devoted to service and compassion. as we remember him, celebrate his life by emulating his commitment to community and service. may his memory continue to inspire all of us and make a positive difference in the lives around us. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. foster: mr. speaker, i rise today to stand up for the community of crystal lake, illinois. who along with over 100 communities nationwide, just had a $5.6 million student mental health program abruptly canceled by the trump administration. this funding, which passed with support of both republicans and

democrats under the bipartisan safer communities act, was created in response to uvalde school sheeting to address the growing youth mental health crisis. i think we all remember the republican talking point at the time that we don't have a gun problem, we have a mental health problem. well, fine. with this grant the crystal lake district 47 was able to hire, train mental health professionals and give 7,100 students access to mental health care. but canceling this grant will disrupt critical mental health care for students already receiving support, weaken the district's ability to identify and intervene in early warning signs of distress, trauma, or potential violence. it undermines years of progress made in breaking the stigma around mental health and with suicide being the second leading cause of death for children age 10 to 14, gutting this funding will be life threatening. our kid as safety and well-being should not be a partisan issue. i urge the administration to

reverse these harmful cuts. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise to honor the life of my constituent, 1 12-year-old brodie jacob holt. mr. burlison: a beloved son, loyal friend, and admired brother. brodie's life was trans:cut short just weeks ago in an accident that has left his family and our community grieving. he was full of life, always smiling, telling jokes, and bringing joy to those around him. he loved sports, dirt bikes, learning new things, and had even dreamed of becoming president someday. but most of all, brodie had a servant's heart. just days before the accident, he told his mom that he wanted to be an organ donor. and in his final act of

kindness, he gave his heart, literally, to save the life 6 an 8-year-old girl. to -- 8-year-old -- life of an 8-year-old girl. may his memory be a blessing and may you find comfort in knowing that brodie is watching over you from above. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. davis: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute mr. davis: -- one minute. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize the extraordinary resilience of the students and educators of springfield middle school in la coma, north carolina. at the beginning of the school year a tornado tore through the community causing significant damage to the school. i recall walking through classrooms, desks all over the

place, roof removed, gone, ripped apart. yet the american flag continued to stand. early decisions were made and one in particular whether the students would be able to stay at the school or be separated to go to other schools. but they insisted to stay together. as the school year now comes to an end, i made another visit to the school. anti-students at springfield middle school, they had an incredible school year -- and the students at springfield middle school, they had an incredible school year. they were able to do this o only because so many came together. as the principal said what could have broken us brought us closer together. toed educators, staff, and greater community your dedication is a shining example of the best of us and who we are as americans. and to the students, oh those

wildcats, you are a true inspiration. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address this body for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. bean: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the remarkable life of john thrasher, who climbed so many professional mountains, but instead of resting on his laurels, john helped other people climb their mountains. and while many called him speaker, senator, chairman, and president i was fortunate to call him friend. from the battlefieldings of

vietnam where john -- battlefields of vietnam where john was a war hero, who the halls of the florida state legislature where john was el elected speaker of the florida house and state senator, he was a born leader. it came to no surprise that in 2014 john became the 15th president of florida state university. beside him and his many accomplishments was his wife, jean, the heart of his world. their boundless joy for their children and grandchildren was a true testament to the family they built together. mr. speaker, we honor john as a mentor, mentor to me, and a man of purpose and integrity. john,y work here is done but your legacy will endure. godspeed, my friend. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> to address the chair for one minute.

and to extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. wilson: mr. speaker, i rise today to discuss fatherhood. we must honor the amazing fathers throughout these buildings and across the nation. as a congresswoman, founder of the 5,000 roll models of excellence, and chair of the u.s. commission on the social status of black men and boys, i continue to celebrate and uplift fathers. i proudly join my colleague, representative burgess, in a bipartisan fashion to promote building stronger families through fatherhood. still too many families are are broken due to state and federal policies resulting in mass incarceration. we must address the many facets

of public policy that hinder black fatherhood. an -- and organizations like the jack brewer foundation play such a vital role in assuring fathers and father figures have the tools they need to raise our children. so today we proudly recognize the jack brewer foundation of florida. it's all about prevention, not detention. and that starts with all of us. i yield back. .. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate the career and honor the retirement of a remarkable public servant. mr. obernolte: fear chief jeff

willis of the big bear fire department. chief willis has had a career of over 40 years in providing fire protection services to our community. i first met chief willis early in my own career in public service, when i was the chairman of the big bear lake fire protection district, and already chief willis was an extraordinary leader. i learned so much not only about fire protection, but about leadership, from this man. jeff went on to become not only a leader in our community, but across the state of california, commanding multiple fire incidents across the state. we owe jeff a debt of gratitude for his long public service to our community. we celebrate his career, we honor his retirement, and we wish him best of luck as he enters this next phase of his career. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

mr. vindman: mr. speaker, today i rise to recognize the exceptional leadership of fredericksburg school superintendent. dr. catlet has been a trailblazer in implementing forward-thinking strategies to sphrengenning -- strengthening her students' well-being. in the sum much 2024 she launched an initiative to curb cell phone usage in schools by requiring her students to store their phones for the entire school day. as a law maker in congress leading the effort to remove phones from schools during -- from bell to bell, nationwide, i'm grateful for dr. catlet's commitment to helping our students unplug. as a father of two kids, i know the importance of creating a learning environment that nurtures the academic success and mental health of our young folks. collaborating with educators like dr. catlet has been critical to work -- if our work to build a stronger -- in our work to build stroonger future -- stronger future for virginia's next generation of leaders. i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. the civil georgia news reports the corrupt anti-american georgian party released a statement against democracy, quote, every single politician who makes anti-georgian statements is a member of the deep state network. and joe wilson is one of the most serious manifestations, end of quote. the georgian dream prime minister has condemned president trump with untrue charges. america stands with the georgian people and the legitimate president, supporting fair elections. americans' support for the act with a vote of 349-42, 90% of congress for the people of georgia. the act provides a choice to abandon the dictator. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues.

trump is re-instituting existing laws to protect american families with peace through strength, revealing war criminal putin lies. insulting trump, defaming trump, with murderous rocket attacks on ukrainian civilians again today. congratulations to the people of georgia for the -- and all the people of germany for german chancellor's success meeting with president trump this week. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from vermont seek recognition? ms. balint: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. balint: mr. speaker, our defense secretary should be one of the busiest people on the planet, defending our country, leading nearly three million courageous americans in our armed forces, it's an awesome responsibility. but this week pete hegseth spent his precious time deciding that a naval ship named after a

veteran is just too gay for him. harvey milk was an american hero, a civil rights leader, the first openly guy official in california. he served his country in the navy, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. he was somebody who stood up for the rights and dignities of all. and he was assassinated while serving in public office. his memory is worthy of dignity and respect. removing his name from a ship is small and it's petty. and it's obviously an attempt to erase the history of anyone, anyone who shows resistance to this administration. that is what autocrats and authoritarians do. since secretary hegseth took the helm, the department of defense has been fraught with national security risks and constant drama. i urge him to stop spending his time renaming ships because he wants to pretend that we don't

exist. he should do his damn job. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor a constituent of mine, mr. joel willis, for his recent retirement after 45 years of serving his community in st. simons island, georgia. mr. willis epitomizes strong leadership and an unwavering work ethic, earning him this position of c.e.o. of epworth by the sea. after nearly 50 years of hard work there, mr. willis transformed what was once a humble motel to a state-of-the-art retreat, tourist designation and host to christian conferences. it undertook an incredible expansion under mr. willis' leadership, adding over 135 rooms and 50 employees.

fostering the growth of st. simons island. not only has his effort strengthening the -- strengthened the local economy, but he's made it their mission to continue giving back, as shown through its history of accommodating church-related and nonprofit groups. mr. willis' exemplified the best of hardwork and southern hospitality and it's an honor to recognize him and his service to the community of st. simons island. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> good morning, mr. speaker. i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, sir. mr. speaker, i rise today to oppose the administration's cuts to critical gun violence prevention programs. ms. simon: mr. speaker, i rise today in deep solidarity with the innovators of ceasefire and the violence interpreters and

the community organizations -- interrupters and the community organizations around this country who spend hour after hour working in our communities to stop gunleank u for your wor. it is so critical and so needed, at a time, at a time when the trump administration has announced cuts of $500 million to community violence intervention organizations, and funding opportunities directly from the department of justice. over $1 billion of those dollars in gun violence prevention funding from schools, from the department of education. make it make sense. now organizations like youth alive in oakland, california, will not have the funding that they need, that is so critical in this moment, to do the work of violence interruption on our streets in conjunction with law enforcement and community members who have lost loved ones to violence. june is gun violence prevention month, mr. speaker, and we

cannot stop this work in decreasing gun violence on our streets and in our communities. thank you and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor colonel len lytton, a decorated combat pilot, national security expert and proud son of north carolina, who has spent his entire life in service to our nation. mr. harrigan: raised in shelby, len joined the air force out of the citadel. over a 25-year career, he flew the ah10 and b-2's, trained the next generation of pilots, and led some of the most complex and high-stakes missions in our arsenal. at every level, he brought discipline, precision and an unshakable sense of duty. when his time in uniform ended, his service didn't. in the white house, the pentagon

and across the department of defense, colonel litton became the go-to leader for problems that demanded results. most recently, he led the effort to eliminate d.e.i. mandates from the pentagon's personnel system. refocusing it on what matters. merit. unity. and mission readiness. colonel litton never sought credit, he just did the job, quietly, effectively, and always in the best interests of our country. i thank him for a lifetime of selfless service, and i wish him fair winds and god speed. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. khanna: mr. speaker, i rise to honor the nine black worshipers murdered in charleston, south carolina. june 17 marks the 10th year

anniversary of that horrific act by a white supremacist. representative gill yard has introduce -- gilliard has introduced a hate crime bill. today isn't just about remembering emanuel nine. the also about confronting the attacks on black history. exrawmed african-american history museum oppressive and gave vice president vance the power to erase black history. 44 states now are debating laws to limit the teaching of black history. one pennsylvania district even banned children's books about rosa parks and dr. king. as we honor emanuel nine, we must stand up for teaching honest black history. i think of my friend, representative j.a. moore, who lost his sister, myra thompson, today. his call is not just to remove the symbols of hate, but to dismantle the systems of hate

that dr. king talked about. let the emanuel nine inspire us today to teach honestly about black history. and confront the systems of hate. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. lamalfa: seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. 81 years ago today, american troops along with british, canadian and many others, stormed the beaches of normandy. they faced intense gun fire, land mines and a real chance they wouldn't make it home. actually, over 4,000 didn't. as witnessed by the beautiful cemetery that oversees those beaches in france. of course it took grit, sacrifice, a deep belief and an indiana credible assembly of material and the ability to keep it secret, when all that

machinery, when all that material was assembled just above the white cliffs of dover in england. if any of you ever watched the movie called "saving private ryan," there's actual soldiers that were there at the time saying that was one the most accurate depictions you would see of how nasty and bad that was. can you imagine that front door of that landing craft opening and the hail of gun fire that was put upon those guys, yet they went anyway because they were required to, because it was their duty, because they had to turn back one of the greatest threats that the world had ever seen and what nazi germany had been foisting upon for five years up to that point. we owe them so much and as captain miller said, towards the end of that movie to private ryan himself, earn this. we all as citizens when we remember on memorial day, remember this day and be good citizens and uphold what the founders gave us in this country. we earned this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired.

for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. grothman: i'd like to ask -- make a unanimous request to speak for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. grothman: i stand today to defend president trump in one of his initial requests for next year's budget. one of the goals of the biden administration, of course, could destroy the country by having unfettered immigration, but also to divide america by groups. and part of that was when he passed one of his big bills, he put in there an american hispanic museum. this is consistent with the democrat policy of trying to

divide america. our motto, put in place in 1782, was e pluribus unum. out of many, one. the democrats are trying to teach people that they should always walk around hanging on to where their ancestors came from. president trump is right not to fund a national hispanic museum. they have wonderful accomplishments and can be placed in other museum, including the museum of american history, without having every ethnic group have their own separate museum. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 160, an act to amend the wildfire suppression aircraft transfer act of 1996, to re-authorize the sale by the department of defense of aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression purposes and for other purposes.

the speaker pro tempore: span second down, the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. green: and still i rise, mr. speaker. and still i rise. proud to be an american. proud of what this country stands for. but i also rise as a person who is censured. i have been censured but i have not been silenced. so i rise as an unbought, unbossed, unafraid, liberated democrat. as such, i rise to speak on a topic today that i believe to be most important to the american people. most important to posterity, most important to the direction

of the country, most important to who we are. the topic is about congress. and why congress is the court of last resort for an authoritarian president. why congress is the court of last resort for an authoritarian president. let me start by saying this that i think is exceedingly important. there us who would manage authoritarianism. they would want to find a way to work with it. to become a part of it if it benefits them. to take make it something that is acceptable to many of the people in the classes and perhaps some of the people in the masses. i am not one of the persons who

would do this. i believe that authoritarianism, mr. speaker, must not be managed. it must be eliminated. this country was founded upon the basic premise that it would be a democratic republic where you elect your representatives to vote for you. this is a democracy, and as such in this democratic republic i choose to stand and fight this movement toward authori authoritarianism. i stand to do so because the greatness of america's not going to be found among a very few who have power concentrated in their hands, or in a singlele person who has power concentrated in his hands. that's not where the greatness of america's achieved. the greatness of america is achieved by the people having

the power. and the people making the decisions. by having the supreme court that is respected, that is honored. by having a judiciary that is respected. by having a congress that is respected. by avoiding what could become authoritarianism that metamorphoses into something even greater in harm to this country than the authoritarianism we face today. so i rise to indicate that congress is the court of last resort for an authoritarian president. and here's why. it's a court of last resort because when an authoritarian issues executive orders and

expects them to be honored, even when the courts disagree, when an authoritarian believes that his orders super seed -- super cede, supplant, if you will, the rule of law. super cede -- supercede what has become commonplace in terms of understanding the rule of law in this country. when an authoritarian will defy federal courts and including the supreme court then we have to conclude that the supreme court may not be the court of last resort as it should be for an authoritarian president. someone who is assuming power that he should not assume. with executive orders that

cannot change the constitution. when you have a president who, by executive order, believes believes that he can remove people -- believes that he can remove people from the country without due process and when this president is told that due process must be accorded people before you can take this extreme action, and when this president is told not only must there be due process, but if you believe that the court has made a ruling that is inappropriate, that the court has made a mistake, that you must still honor that court order and appeal, that the appellate courts will then take charge of what you believe to be an incorrect decision by the courts. and when you see a president

saying to the country that a court that has issued an order that he does not agree with, but contends is inappropriate for various and sundry reasons, when you see that president say that the judge that issued that order should be impeached, you're now moving into authoritarianism. but when that president then sits with others in his cabinet and they are caught on national tv indicating why they can defy the federal court's orders, after having been told that you have to appeal, after having been told that you cannot do what you have done, after having been told that you have to facilitate the return of someone that you have improperly -- improperly, and according to what members of this administration have said,

removed from the country by mistake. then you have to bring that person the relief necessary for that person to raise his hand and say you got the wrong person. for that person to say i want my rights of due process under the law in this country. so we have a president who believes that his orders, his executive orders, exceed and supercede the orders of federal courts. how do i know? because he has not returned a person to this country that he was told to facilitate the return of such that he could receive due process, or just facilitate such that this person could get due process. it hasn't happened. the lower courts have told him

at the federal level, the supreme court has told him, and the evidence now exists that he understands what facilitate means because there was a second person who was removed without due process, removed to another country without due process. and that person is being brought back because the judge in a federal court said you have to facilitate the return. so they know what facilitate means. they are just being defiant. they are just ignoring the orders of the federal courts. they are flouting the orders of the supreme court of the united states of america. make no mistake about it, we are now dealing with an authoritarian president that i choose not to manage.

i choose to eliminate the authoritarianism. i don't want to try to find a way to get along with an authoritarian. and if the supreme court cannot manage this authoritarian president to the extent that he would cease and desist and obey the court's orders, and if an authoritarian president now has totallal control of the republicans who represent this house and the senate, total control of them. so they are not going to be able to do anything because he manages their affairs. they have become people who look for a sense of direction. he's become their north star. he's become the means by which they conclude that they will go this way or they'll move in that direction. so they can't do anything

because they have surrendered, surrendered their sovereignty. they have surrendered their power to make judicious decisions to an authoritarian president. supreme court can't stop him. republicans who control the house and senate won't stop him. we have an authoritarian president. and when you have an authoritarian president, you do have a court of last resort. the constitution, article 2, section 4 of the constitution makes it explicitly clear that we can impeach. and we can impeach for this type of behavior. not in these exact words. uses language that we are familiar with. high crimes or misdemeanors.

treason, bribery. but we have an authoritarian president, an authoritarian president who is defying the courts. who does not respect the separation of powers. an authoritarian president who would demean and minimize the role of the judiciary in our system of governsance. with such -- governance. with such is an authoritarian president, impeachment, impeachment. and this congressional court of last resort is within the power of all 435 members of the house. because the congressional court of last resort has to have a prosecutor. a prosecutor, any one of the 435 can become the prosecutor, once you see that impeachable actions are taking place.

any one of us can become the prosecutor. the prosecutor will have what we will have called the equivalent of a grand jury. that will be the rest of the members of the house of representatives. 435 of us. some of us can act as prosecutors. doesn't have to be one. can be more than one. can be many. as many as would want to sign a resolution to impeach. impeachment, congressional court of last resort. that's where we are now. this is the room where the congressional court of last resort would be convened. and it is convened here to hear a prosecutor, a member of this august body. not known as a prosecutor, but i'm saying it to you such that you can understand this process and see that it is akin to

something else you really do understand. so this prosecutor, this person, this member of congress will have to stand and read these articles of impeachment. and this is done now because, railroad -- remember, the supreme court can't control this authoritarian president. and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle won't control this authoritarian president. they have the power, but they won't. so impeachment in this congressional court of last resort. congress is where the court of last resort lies. i'm familiar with impeachment i understand the process. and i want you to know that it is imminent, a vote takes place with this grand jury that i call to your attention which would be the members of congress.

we need but only a majority of the member of congress to vote in favor of impeachment. and a president can be removed from office. an authoritarian president can be removed from office. if you don't like authoritarianism, and you believe that you have an authoritarian president, then you would vote for the articles of impeachment. now, is there any proof there are people who don't like authoritarianism and who would vote in theory for impeachment? well, yes. before the election that brought donald john trump to the presidency this time, before he was sworn in by the chief justice of the supreme court there were many among us, and i am one of ty, who talked about this very topic.

prognosticated this very behavior we are seeing. not the exact behavior, but behavioral that would be indicative of a person becoming an authoritarian. ... some said he would be a facist and some said he would be a dictator. the point is there are many members of this house who made this prognostication. and what is absolutely amazing is that many of them, many of them who made these prognostications, who have seen their prognostications become a reality, many of them may not vote to impeach. but i'm going to give you what i believe is a rationale. i think this is a vote of conscience. people have to vote their

conscience. if your conscience tells you know, you should follow your conscience. i cannot in good conscience say things i've said about this authoritarian president, see it become a reality, and then take no action. i cannot in good conscience. but there are people in good conscience do this. and i have no ill feelings towards them. i don't count the votes. i count what is necessary to be done. and it is necessary for us to take action to remove an authoritarian president from office. and the only way it can be done is right here in this chamber. someone has to act as a prosecutor and bring the articles of impeachment to the attention of this agust body -- august body as there will be a vote to table.

and my colleagues on the other side, some of them have aalleged that though this is a great thing, this is a great thing, we'll have impeachment again, this is a great thing, let them bring it on. well, if you truly believe this, then you vote for the articles. you vote against tabling, because there will be a motion to table. so you vote against tabling. all of my republican colleagues who are saying this, you vote against tabling. and then see what the other side does. since you are absolutely convinced that this is going to be a benefit to an authoritarian president. it is not going to be a benefit. we will take that vote. those who vote to table will be voting against the articles of impeachment. those who vote against tabling

will be voting for the articles of impeachment. i say to you, i have some experience in dealing with this. i am the person who laid the foundation for president donald john trump's impeachment when he was impeached the first time around. i am using a personal pronoun only to communicate, but the truth is there were other persons who engaged in this process with me. i want to tell you about these other persons. i have here something that has been removed from the wall of my office. it is something that indicates who the persons were that participated favorably, meaning indicating there should be an impeachment when the first articles of impeachment were filed. this is on the wall in my

office. the press assumed that it would be only al green. they were wrong. they may be right this time. it may just be only al green. i will stand alone, because when it is a question of conscience, it's better to stand alone than not stand at all. the press thought it would probably be al green and maybe one or two others, which may be the case this time. but believe me, it will not deter me. what is interesting is i have this on my wall. by the way, many of the people who are listed here as personned who supported h.res. 646, many of them are listed here, they have a similar document in their offices, and they will have it on their coffee tables. and when people would come in because this became such an important issue, they were proud to display this and say yes, i voted to impeach.

yes, i did. that was important. it's going to become important again. make no mistake about it, it will be important again. and i'm not going to name all of the persons on this first article of a resolution for impeachment, but i would tell you that there were 58. they were known as the first 58. and there's one person that i will mention because i'm proud and he was proud to have associated with these articles of impeachment. and i remember talking to him right in this area about impeachment. i will not divulge the entirety of the conversation, but i'm proud to say this, the honorable john lewis has his name on these articles of impeachment. the honorable john lewis. first 58. but the first 58 was not

sufficient, and i knew it wouldn't be. by the way, whenever i say "i" assume i'm saying "we." because there were persons engaged in helping me. i knew it would not be enough and i knew we'd have to continue to build on this, to generate a mass so that impeachment could no longer be ignored because many of the people who were opposed to impeachment were making it clear that certain things would have to happen before there could be impeachment. you'd have to have bipartisan support for impeachment, you'd have to have -- well, let's just say certain things. if i say more, i'll probably say enough such that you know who i'm talking about and i don't care to mention names at this time. if i'm forced to, i will.

so we move forward with the second impeachment. this was h.res. 705. many members of congress had something similar to this in their offices. it could have been a very large display that would unfold and it was on coffee tables and placed in various places in congressional offices. i placed this on the wall in my congressional office along with the other article i just called to your attention. and this was h.res. 705. it did not grow by what some would consider a very large number, but it did move to 66 members of congress, 66, with h.res. 705. and the reason i know members are in possession of these documents i've called to your attention that were displayed is because i sent them to the

members. i sent members a thank you, as we customarily do here and was something they could display in the office. and i had many members and many people say it was a good idea. continuing, knowing that 66 was not enough, we brought articles before the congress again, and this time the number hit what i call a critical mass. it caused people who were antithetical to the idea to embrace the idea. and by the way, i never thought that it had to be the exact articles i presented. i never thought it had to be that but i knew there had to be impeachment. and these articles that i presented had to do very much with invidious discrimination,

something i'll say more about later. so this time we had 95 people who supporteds articles. h.res. 498. what's important about h.res. 498 is this, when you add the persons who supported h.res. 498 with the persons who supported the other articles, you then move beyond a hundred people, well beyond a hundred people who are supporting impeachment. some supported one set of articles and some did not but then they supported another. so you have h.res. 498 with 95 persons supporting the articles of impeachment. friends, there is but one

solution to an authoritarian president that cannot be controlled by the supreme court because he flansed the orders of the freak, that won't be controlled by members of his -- orders of the supreme court that won't be controlled by members of his administration. but there is one house, the house of representatives. congress has become the court of last resort for an authoritarian president. and as such, i pledged to many before today, and i pledge to the nation today that in this month, in this month, there will be a vote on the floor of this house, a vote to advance

articles of impeachment this month. it is necessary. and it will be done. i truly believe in what the country stands for. i know that it has not always lived up to the expectations written in the great documents that support what the country stands for. i know that it has not always lived up to these expectation expectations but i know this, it's -- expectations but i know this, it's a country with due process, free speech, freedom of religion. it's a country where i can vote and it's a country where i can fight to make the difference so that it can live up to these great ideals expressed in these great documents, the declaration of independence, the constitution. and i'm going to fight to

maintain the right to fight. that's what this is all about. not fighting in the sense i'm going to go out and harm someone, not fighting in the sense i'm going to use some means of using physicality, no. that's not what i'm talking about. i'm going to fight with peaceful protest. i believe in peaceful protest. i do not in any way condone persons who go out and harm other people. and i have said as much. and yes, i get all of the backlash that others get when they say as much. but i absolutely will continue to say peaceful protest is the way to make change that can make the difference. so i can do it through peaceful protest. and i'm going to do it. that's the kind of fighting i'm talking about, peaceful protest. but i can also do it with

litigation, protestation, litigation, i've signed on to many briefs and will continue to be, protestation, litigation. but we also have something else. we have legislation. that's what articles of impeachment are, legislation, protestation, absolutely. i will never give up my right to protest. i'm going to fight to maintain that right to protest. protestation, litigation. i believe in the court system. and then of course this whole notion of legislation. these are the means by which we can make the difference. i assure my friends, my colleagues, persons, this is official notice. there will be a vote on articles to impeach donald john trump who is now president of the united

states. i do it because conscious dictates this be done, and it has become a moral imperative that we have to proceed with. now, i close with this. this is something that came to my attention just recently. there are people who believe, i think, that i will be intimidated. they believe i will be intimidated. these are people other than those who have already made their many threats that have not intimidated me. but there's a new movement afoot. there's a movement afoot now to do what cannot be done as they see it, fast enough through the electoral process. . . . they don't think that process

works effectively for them. for them. and the governor of my state, while i am in trial, i am in trial currently defending the ninth congressional district, i have been in trial for many years, so this is nothing unusual to defend this district, to keep this district. it has been difficult, lots of money has been spent. just fighting to maintain the ninth congressional district. but the governor of my state has now decided that it is appropriate, according to the sources that have called it to my attention, many have, many persons in the legislative body in the state of texas have called this to my attention, has established what's called a redistricting commission. or committee. with this redistricting commission or committee the governor is going to try, i'm being told, to draw the line

force these congressional districts so that it would be either difficult or impossible for me to get re-elected. so here's my message to those who would stoop to this level of political shenanigans as i see it. here's my message to you. the people who elected me are more important than my being re-elected. i'm going to stand up for the people who elected me. my re-election is not the issue. you can take me out. there will be another al green. there is always going to be one more. the world seems to be put together such that there is always someone who will stand up. so you can take me out. but you're not going to intimidate me. and i'm saying this to the governor of the state of texas. do what you may.

redraw the lines such that i could never get re-elected. but i you this, as long as i'm here, i may be censured but i won't be silenced. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2025, the gentleman from california, mr. kiley, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. kiley: mr. speaker, this last week a local newspaper published a letter to the editor claiming by fighting against governor newsom's policies i was not serving my constituents. i very strongly disagree with that statement. the fact is that we have a

governor whose policies have turned the greatest state in the country into the most popular state to leave. we have a governor who believes that because he has a superma majority in the legislature he can run roughshod over the rights of californians and continue to cause the quality of life in our state to decline. but here in congress we have tools to fight back. and i set out at the beginning of this year to use whatever tools are available to fight back against governor newsom's most harmful policies, and i believe that is precisely how i can best serve not only my constituents, but all californian. indeed all americans because the governor has himself said that his failed policies are, quote, a model for the nation. so i wanted to go through the 10 areas, the 10 radical failed

policies of governor newsom that have prevailed in california that we set out to reverse. to fight -- to overturn -- to at least where we can mitigate the harm. i want to give a progress report on where we are with respect to each of those 10 items. very quickly the 10 are, number one, crazy e.v. mandates. number two, free medicaid for illegal immigrants. number three, out-of-control homelessness. number four, reckless crime policies. number five, the high speed rail disaster. number six, the sanctuary state disgrace. number seven, failing public schools. number eight, man-made water shortages. number nine, catastrophic wildfires. and number 10, chaotic

elections. the good news is we have made significant progress when it comes to each of those 10 items. when it comes to e.v. mandates, just about a week and a half ago the senate followed in the houses' footsteps and passed my resolution to overturn gavin newsom's band on electric vehicles. any day president trump will sign my resolution into law and georgiain -- gavin newsom's gas door ban where he wanted to dictate what millions could drive will be erase. and californians can drive the car of their choice. not only that we reversing newsome's e.v. mandate when it comes to trucks. we have already seen the rev reversal of his mandates when it comes to trains.

when it comes to buses. when it comes to law mowers. when -- lawn mowers. when it comes to leaf blowers. number two, own free marylandy cal for illegal immigrants, a policy no other state has a policy that has literally driven our medicaid system to the point of insolvency, i introduced the no medicaid for illegal immigrants. we have been applying pressure in every way we can. finally, gavin n newsom has bowed to that pressure. ending it at the conclusion of this year. of course he still has not gone far enough because he wants to keep it going for those who have already enrolled. but this is a significant victory enforcing the governor's hand. when it comes to homelessness, where california has by far the worst homelessness in the country, where the population of homeless has skyrocketed during

newsom's tenure as governor, where he spent $24 million in a state audit determined that he lost track of the money. as homelessness continued to go up. and what's worse is we had this decision from the ninth circuit court of appeals that said that local communities weren't able to do anything about homelessness. the decision said you are not allowed to regulate camping. you are not allowed to regulate homeless encampments in public space, even in front of schools or parks. well, last year we had a significant victory before the u.s. supreme court. to overturn that lower court decision. here's the thing. newsom wanted to keep the ninth circuit decision in place. whereas i advocated in an am me cuss brief we -- amie cuss brief we recertificates that decision and rye store the power of communities to regulate homelessness in a commonsense way. because that have victory before the supreme court, you are now seeing across california order

returning to our public spaces. even far left very heavily democratic jurisdictions like fremont, like san francisco have acted on this newly -- new ability provided by the supreme court decision that i advocated for to clean up their streets. we are starting to actually see the situation improve. number four, when it comes to crime. we had an enormous victory last november when it came to prop 36, an initiative that i helped to lead and qualify for the ballot, that has made crime illegal again in california. by restoring some basic consequences for theft and open drug use and dealing fentanyl. of course gavin newsom and the supermajority in california fought against prop 36 each and every step of the way. they even concocted corrupt schemes to take it off the

ballot and deny californians the opportunity to vote. each and every one of their schemes failed. despite governor newsom leading the opposition to this initiative to make grime illegal again in california, it passed overwhelmingly -- crime illegal again in california t. passed overwhelmingly, it passed in each and every one of california's 58 counties, even gavin newsom and kamala harris' san francisco. as a result you are seeing law enforcement throughout california that now has a new ability to restore order, to arrest people who commit crimes, and we are starting to see real improvements across the state that we have not seen in a very long time. number five, when it comes to high speed rail the biggest public infrastructure failure in united states history which gavin newsom has continued to pour billions and billions of dollars into. at the beginning of this year i introduced legislation to say that it shall receive no more

federal funding. i then joined secretary of transportation sean duffy at union station in los angeles to announce an investigation, an audit, a compliance review by the federal department of transportation into california high speed rail. into the billions that it has received in federal funding. and just this week we got the results of that audit. finding that california is woefully out of compliance and that there is no viable path forward for the project. i believe that with this federal money now stopped, this is the beginning of the end of the high speed rail disaster in california. number six, when it comes to the sanctuary state, we have taken a number of measures. introduced a bill the no sanctuary for criminals act. i also introduced the freedom to cooperate act to allow local authorities to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. we have also seen a number of executive orders making it very clear that sanctuary

jurisdictions are unacceptable and are in defiance of federal law. in california, u.s. attorney has found a way to circumvent effectively the sanctuary of state using the powers of federal law enforcement. we have come a long way towards ending the disgrace of the sanctuary state in california. when it comes to california's failing public schools, which are just about the worst in the entire country, we have the lowest literacy rate of any state in the country. we continue to see a tax on high performing schools from governor newsom and his enablers in the legislature. we also have some good news on this front. i'm chair of the subcommittee, the house subcommittee on k-12 education and we have been fighting to give americans school choice. and in this reconciliation bill, h.r. 1, there is a provision that would ignite a school choice revolution across america. by providing tax credits that

can then be used allow students to attend a school of their choice. we believe this could enable meaningfulle school choice for two million students across the country. and i'm also continuing to advocate for the high quality charter school act, a bill i introduced that would enable a similar measure of school choice for students in the public school system through charter schools, potentially tripling the number of students attending charter schools across america. number eight, when it comes to the absurdity of california's man-made water crisis, where, for example, when we had heavy storms in california that caused 20,000 cubic feet of water to be cascading out of fulsome dam per second, you at the same time had a drought emergency still in effect. because we don't have adequate water storage to capture the water when it comes. we don't have the ability to

level out the cycles of wetness and dryness that are utterly predictable in california. and on top of that we have crazy policies that divert water to the ocean for most absurd of reasons. the good news is we are starting to see some of this diversion of water come to an end. and we have secured federal funding for the most significant water project in california in decades. sights reservoir, now well on its way to substantially expanding water storage in california. we are also taking steps to raise the level of shasta dam to provide additional water storage there as well. number nine, when it comes to the catastrophic wildfires, which have afflicted my district in searing and tragic way, which the whole world saw on tragic display in los angeles at the beginning of this year. we know that california's

failures to adequately manage its forests has precipitated many of these catastrophic fires. in addition to several other policy failures. the good news is we are restoring common sense when it comes to forest management. we just passed on a bipartisan basis a couple months ago the fix our forests act, which will streamline the sort of environmental regulations that stop us from appropriately managing our forests. it passed the house with bipartisan support. and i expect to see it pass the united states senate very soon. and finally, when it comes to california's election system. which is much more chaotic than any other state in the country, where we take a month just to count votes so the entire country is waiting for california to finish a process that takes everyone else a matter of hours or a matter of a few days. we have we've passed the save at

which advances a commonsense proposition that says you should pry proof of citizenship to register to vote. 73% of californians are democrats and independents and republicans who support this policy. i've introduced the election accountability act which says california has to count its votes in a timely manner. and finally, i do believe californians will have a chance in the next election to vote on a proposition to establish voter i.d. in california elections. so on each of these fronts, we have made significant progress and it is improving the quality of life for californians. and once again, this is a concern for all americans because by making california sane again, we will help to bring about this golden age in

the country and chart a future that lives up to the founding ideals of this country. california has always been the leading edge of the american samoa american -- american dream and if california thrives the rest of the country does as well. mr. speaker, i want to take a moment to respond to the statement put out by california's high speed rail authority in response to the audit of the department of transportation that came out yesterday. now, this audit began a few months ago. i joined secretary of transportation sean duffy in los angeles to announce the investigation into california's 17-year long failure to build anything despite receiving massive funding at the state and federal level. the audit specifically looked at what happened to the $4 billion

in federal funds that were provided through recent grants. and the result of the audit shows the state is woefully out of compliance, that it has built nothing, and there is no viable path forward for the project and therefore, those grants can now be terminated. now, the high speed rail authority came out with a statement that defies belief which says the authority strongly disagrees with the federal rail administration's conclusions which are misguided and do not reflect the substantial progress made to deliver high speed rail in california. mr. speaker, i almost cannot believe those words. the substantial progress to deliver high speed rail in california.

what progress has been made? let alone substantial progress. there literally has not been any track laid in 17 years. there has not been one passenger in 17 years. there have been five c.e.o.'s of the rail authority, by the way, so the c.e.o.'s of the rail authority outnumber the passengers 5-0. $17 billion has been spent already and literally nothing has been built. by the way, the initial projection was this would be finished in 2020, when it was proposed in 2008. you'll have a high rail system you can hop on in los angeles and it will take you to san francisco. wouldn't that be nice? we're now in the year 2025 and nothing has been built.

we're five years past the deadline for the whole thing to be done and nothing has been built. and the rail authority has the audacity to claim that substantial progress has been made. by the way, we were also told by the year 2030 we would have 100 million riders per year, 100 million. we now know for a fact the number of riders per year by 2023 will be 100 million less than forecast. there will be zero riders still by the year 2030. but no, no, substantial progress has been made, we're told. how do we know there will be no riders by the year 2030? the rail authority said so itself. it's continued to scale back its initial leg of the system but

has continued to push back the please date for that initial segment. so the initial segment of the system from bakersfield to merced, which for those who are not from california who are not exactly population centers, this would span 119 miles. they have set a deadline to complete that by 2033, but they are now saying that even that deadline will not be met. 2033 we will not have even the initial segment of 119 miles from bakersfield to merced when we were initially promised by 2020 we'd have the whole thing from l.a. to san francisco and that by 2030 we'd have 100 million riders. the c.e.o. of the rail authority came out recently and says he has a new, very ambitious plan, that by the year 2045, 20 years

from now, not only will we have this bakersfield to merced segment done but we'll also have gilroy to palm dale. ok. where are these places, for those who don't know california geography. neither is close to san francisco or los angeles. let's give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that this happens, by 2025 we have palmdale to gilroy. there's no reason to believe that will be true because every other deadline has been missed. let's give them the benefit of the doubt and work hard for 20 years and continue to spend tens of billions and build palmdale to gilroy by 2045. how exactly would you utilize this system if you wanted to go from l.a. to san francisco? well, here's what you'd have to do. you'd have to get on one rail system that will take you two hours to get from l.a. to

palmdale. you then have to get off and hop on to the high speed train, probably have to wait for it. that would take about two hours to then get to you gilroy. at gilroy, you'd have to get off, wait for another train, a nonhigh speed one, that would then take you from gilroy into san francisco. overall, the trip at a minimum would take you six hours, would span three different transit systems, and you wouldn't be able to do this until 2045 at a minimum. whereas right now today for decades, you could take a flight on southwest or several other airlines from l.a. to san francisco in about an hour. but no, we're told that this vision, this new plan amounts to

substantial progress, such that the results of the audit are, let's see, what were the words here? misguided, do not reflect the substantial progress that's been made. and by the way, the governor has a gentleman who has been hired specifically to go around on x attacking people like me who criticizes anything the governor is for. newsome is completely for spending billions on high speed rail and have doubled the amount that will be this-year through the cap and trade fund. and this gentleman responded by my criticism of the high speed rail saying oh, no, no, no, we're creating all these jobs. i'm all for creating jobs. in fact, it would be great if we had more jobs in california. california, as it is under

governor newsom has the second highest unemployment in the country. a recent jobs report showed literally zero job growth in california. so i'd love to be creating more jobs. but we could create jobs by hiring people to dig a hole and hiring more people to come and fill the dirt back in, which isn't that far from what is actually happening with high speed rail. it's better to create jobs that actually creates value and improves the quality of life of californians, that stimulates economic activity. then you actually get more jobs because there are jobs associated with the economic activity that results from having something useful when it comes to transportation. so i do believe this compliance review is the beginning of the end for high speed rail in california. i'm now calling on the house to

pass my bill, which provides that not only will federal funds continue to be unavailable in this administration, but that the project will be ineligible for any further federal funding going forward. once we eliminate the possibility of future federal funding the state will have no choice but to acknowledge reality and finally, finally wind down this embarrassing disastrous project, the worst public infrastructure failure in u.s. history and use those funds where they are truly needed on our roads, on other infrastructure or frankly, literally, anything else.

mr. speaker, last week san francisco announced a new grading for equity initiative. now, as the chair of the k-12 education subcommittee here, this caught my eye. it truly is beyond belief what they were proposing. this grading for equity initiative in san francisco was in a sense a brilliant solution to san francisco's problem of having so many failing schools. it simply fiated that students would not be failed. so anyone who got an f would just magically be given a c. and even if you got a b minus all the way down to 81%, that would actually be considered an a under this grading for equity initiative. oh, and by the way, there would be no grading on anything, not

home work, not attendance, midterms, anything like that, you just wouldn't be given grades at all. the only thing that would actually matter for grades is a final exam. but even that, you would get to keep retaking it until you got the grade that you wanted. so last week, i raised some concerns about this new initiative. and just for some context, it should be understood that san francisco has had among the very worst student achievement gaps in the state or anywhere across the country. during covid, they were just about the last place in the country to reopen their schools. you had students attending class across the country even in parts of california and yet this corrupt school district refused to open its schools.

instead, what it spends its time on is creating a commission to rename schools and they came up with such interesting recommendations as we moving the name of abraham lincoln from elementary school, lincoln was not woke enough for this commission. they even went so far to suggest removing the name of dianne feinstein from a school, all the while these schools were closed and students were continuing to fall behind. so sadly it didn't surprise me to see san francisco come out with this absolutely preposterous grading for equity initiative. the good news is that after we focused attention on this and folks spoke out against it, the district has now reversed course and has said we are not going to implement this in the coming

school year as planned. that's good news for all californians because the crazy ideas that often start in san francisco often spread throughout the rest of the state and can even spread to the rest of the country. so i am hopeful that this will be a wake-up call that the way to solve the problem of failing public schools is not simply to lower expectations and to arbitrarily raise grades and to make it so failure just simply isn't within the grading system, it is rather to raise expectations and to follow the forms of accountability and flexibility and other education reforms that have elevated student achievement in much more forward looking jurisdictions across the country.

. . mr. speaker, yesterday in my home state of california, the state assembly passed one of the most despicable education bills that we've seen in a long time. assembly bill 84 is the latest all-out attack on charter school families and students in california. it is part of what has been a war against charters since governor gavin newsom came into office. and indeed we are seeing that reach a cruelly -- a truly concerning level right now even before this bill. across california, we are seeing new legislation passed by the

super majority and signed by newsome used to devastating -- by newsom used by charter schools, forcing families to return to neighborhood schools they have chosen not to attend and in many cases are failing to teach students the basics. we have many examples now of high performing charters in the state being nonrenewed. but this bill, a.b. 84, makes things even worse. it specifically targets independent study and homeschool based charters, which are very important for many families throughout california, which are very important, for example, for students with special needs. it seeks to defund the schools and force them to shut down. and take this option away from

those families. and force them to go back into a system that wasn't working for them. it seeks to further trap students in failing schools and to assure that california remains as having among the worst education outcomes in the country, especially for students in underserved communities. the bill is so bad, so disgraceful, that almost 20 democrats just didn't even vote at all. they abstained. they knew it was terrible. but they didn't want to go against their party or against the governor or against special interests. so they simply abstained if the vote. this is a measure that absolutely cannot be allowed to pass. it still needs to go through the california state senate and i would encourage folks throughout the state to get in touch with your senator about it. but the fact that we have this

continued assault on students and families and their schools, this continued attempt to continue educational inequities in our state, to continue our state and country's decline when it comes to education, this makes it all the more imperative that we do everything we can here to provide choice to families and to advance educational excellence. california is the worst of the worst when it comes to how our school system is run and the policies that this governor has imposed across the country we have seen continued decline when it comes to student achievement. spending has continued to go up. student achievement has continued to go down. we are falling behind other countries. and it is putting our country at significant risk for the future. millions of kids in california and throughout the country are not getting the education that they deserve. and as chair of the k-12

subcommittee, i am committed to reversing these trends. and the good news is, a bill i'm sponsoring, the educational choice for children act, the basic concept of that bill of enabling school choice for millions of kids across the country is now included in the reconciliation bill. h.r. 1. which i believe is one of the most important facets of this bill. i am also strongly advocating for a similar measure, the high quality charter school act, to be passed either as a standalone bill by more -- perhaps more relevantly as part of the same reconciliation bill, h.r. 1. we believe this measure could triple the number of students attending high performing charter schools across the country. and it would be a great help to california families who are being attacked by their own

state government. if we can ignite this cool choice revolution across the country, what the data shows is that this will help not only those millions of families that choose to enroll in a public charter or private school, but it will lift all boats. it will advance student achievement for kids all across the country. it will reverse this decline that we have continued to see in our education system. it'll give families the opportunities that they deserve and are entitled to. and it will put our country on much stronger footing for generations to come. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate the tahoe yacht club as they celebrate their 100 year anniversary. in 1925, many san francisco

families discovered and became drawn to the beauty of lake tahoe. a small group of individuals formed the tahoe power boat club to organize seasonal boat regattas which quickly became a highlight of the tahoe basin. in 1948 it became the tahoe yacht club, the name it still holds today. membership exponentially to around 600. the organization established the transtahoe race which soon became internationally acclaimed an attracted people from across the world. this july will make mark the 62nd annual transtahoe regatta. the tahoe yacht club has exhibited endurance over the past century. briefly closing over covid-19 but overcoming challenges in that time to reopen to a wave of new members. today they boast a membership of 450 individuals and maintains a year-round calendar of outdoor

active dirks environmental cleanup days and strong community engagement. it is an honor to represent organizations like the tahoe yacht club in congress. the tahoe yacht club contributes to its status and has had a positive impact on the region. on behalf of the united states house of representatives i'm honored to recognize the tahoe yacht club for their 100 year anniversary. mr. speaker, in the spirit of national teacher appreciation week, i wish to take a moment to highlight a teacher from the colfax elementary school district, dana mccoy, who dedicate the past four years her career to educating the young students of her community. ms. mccoy is an invaluable member of the colfax elementary

team. she started as a paraeducator before going become to school to become a teacher. now she has many roles at colfax elementary, working on the multitiered system of support team, coordinating the tier 2 check in, check out program. her efforts are critical to ensuring that students' individualized plan, i.e.p.'s, are being met and she's built an environment dedicated to helping all students to reach their full potential. she's also developed schedules for paraprofessionals to provide support smoothly across the campus. she continues to make a strong impact in the educational journey of her students. she's known by others for her hard work, determination, strong ability to collaborate with her colleagues and work as a team and for the brightness and positivity she brings to the school. it's a true honor to represent the exemplary teachers like her in congress and i commend

ms. mccoy for her exceptional dedication and education and promoting student access and academic achievement. therefore on boof the united states house of representatives, i am pleased to recognize mrs. dana mccoy for her significant contributions to colfax elementary school district and the young students the colfax community. mr. speaker, in the spirit of national teacher appreciation week, i wish to take a moment to recognize a teacher from the western placer unified school district. mr. chris warkof. who has dedicated 25 years of his career to educating students in his community. he became passionate about teaching when he had the opportunity to be a teaching assistant in graduate school where he was studying to become a research biologist. in that capacity university students knew him for going

above and beyond by holding extra weekly office hour, meeting with study groups in the library before mid terms and helping however he could. his true passion for teaching that was ignited in that role has con t.d. today. his current high school students know him similarly as the teacher always willing to help no matter the time or place. he teaches during lunch, before school, after school, into the evening. and sometimes over the weekend before an upcoming important test. dedicating countless hours toward promoting the success of his students. he even extends himself at times to help students that aren't specifically in his class. he brings enthusiasm, positivity and perseverance to the classroom and uses these traits as tools to help inspire students to learn and apply math and science to their day-to-day lives. additionally, he created a summer bridge course after seeing a critical need among students transitioning from middle school to high school with a goal of closing that achievement gap they feel success of the program seventy as nearly all students in his program are thriving in math for

the first time. he exemplifies what it means to be a dedicated, compassionate, selfless and skilled educator. he is a source of support for not only his students but also his colleagues and the school. he's an exceptional educator and continues to make a profound impact on the educational journey of his students. it's a true honor to representative exemplary teethers like him in congress and i commend him for his dedication to education and promoting student success and academic achievement. therefore on behalf of the united states house of representatives, i am pleased to recognize mr. chris wardlaw for his significant contributions to western placer unified school district and the students the lincoln community. mr. speaker, in the spirit of

national teacher appreciation week, i wish to take a moment to highlight a teacher from the folsom cordova unified school district, dr. jennifer sanford who chas hass dedicated 25 years of her career to educating the state of the unions of the community. beginning her career in 2000 she later earned a doctorate with a focus on inclusive education for students with autism. her research has shaped teaching practices both in her classroom and across the district. she's spent the last 10 years teaching at empire oaks in folsom where she's become known for her innovative, inclusion approach and deep commitment to student growth. in her teaching style she empayoffs -- emphasizes collaboration, relationships and the transformative power of learning. her tireless devotion to her role has made a meaningful impact in the lives and learning outcomes of her students -- of her students. not only does she empower

students academically but she also plays a pivotal role in helping her fellow educators. dr. sandford exemplifies the highest standards of educational excellence and leadership which led her to be recognized recently by the folsom cordova unified school district as the 2024-2025 teacher of the year. i'm proud to represent outstanding educators like dr. sandford in congress. icommend her for her american two decades of dedication education to and promoting student success and academic achievement. therefore on behalf of the united states house of representatives, i am pleased to recognize dr. jennifer sandford for her significant contributions to the folsom-cordova school district and the students of the folsom community.

mr. speaker, in honor of teacher appreciation week i wish to take a moment to highlight a teacher from the year sierra unified school district, sara grimkey who has dedicated 29 years to educating students. she earned her master's degree in english from u.c. irvine. in 1994 she began teaching english and in the last 15 years has taught english and due to the high standards of her performance, she received awards recognizing her teaching abilities including outstanding tvers of america award, homestead prize from williams college and the teacher of the year award.

ms. taylor is known for empathy of the needs of her students as well as for the high expectations she sets and the support she provides to empower her students to reach their full potential and regarded as a bedrock of the school and students turn to for advisor a listening ear. not only is she insaleable role model but a leader among her colleagues and instrumental that created a program helping teachers hone their craft and a positive learning environment in their classrooms. i am proud to represent ms. taylor and i commend her for her dedication to education and promoting student success. therefore on behalf of the united states house of representatives i am pleased to recognize ms. sarah taylor for her significant contributions to the eastern sierra unified school district and students of

the eastern sierra community. mr. speaker, as part of the california congressional district 3 police honor roll, in honor of national police week 2025, i wish to recognize deputy jeff bila dmp eau for his unwavering commitment to serving and protecting the placer county county. he serves as the loom is traffic deputy and goes beyond to serve his community. he reads children to books at the library, partners of the schools to improve safety and provide educational presentations about accident investigations and public safety presentations to the town. through local partnerships he is

contributing bicycles and helmets to underprivileged children to ensure they have safe and reliable transportation. he makes such a positive impact in our community. he has received several honors including the roseville elks lodge officer of the year award and induction in the police and fire olympics hall of fame. it is an honor to represent exemplary law enforcement officers in congress. on before of california's 3rd congressional district and house of representatives, i would like to thank and honor for serving and protecting the region as a dedicated public servant. mr. speaker, as part of the california congressional district 3 police honor roll and

in honor of national police week i wish to recognize deputy chad blair of the cemento sheriff's office to serving and protecting the communities of developmento county, california. he worked in the investigation service unit. and gathered intelligence from inmates and monitor gang activity. deputy player enhanced his training as a team leader for the custody emergency response team. subsequent to his service, he was assigned to patrol where he utilized technologies and community engagement to prevent crime and build bridges between the community and law enforcement. because of his dedication to community engagement he was selected for the problem orienting team and he is a member of the sheriff's critical

incident negotiations team in which he assists with hostage and barricade situations through crisis management skills. within these roles deputy player has demonstrated professionalism and commitment to service and community. deputy blair is known by others for his expertise and highly trained skill set and dedication to enhancing trust between law enforcement and community members to prevent crime and promote public safety. he stands out as a daily example of law enforcement and model to those around him. it is an honor to represent exemplary individuals like deputy chad blair. and on before of california's 3rd congressional district and united states house of representatives i thank deputy blair as a dedicated public servant.

mr. speaker, as part of the california congressional district 3 police honor roll and in honor of national police week 2025, i wish to recognize lieutenant jason doolittle for his commitment to serving and protecting placer county. he joined the placer county sheriff's office in 2002 after he graduated. he started his career in law enforcement as a reserve deputy and later extra help deputy which he gained experience in patrol and corrections. he was brought on as a full-time deputy sheriff and worked in the skill. he was transferred to patrol and responsible from bell road in auburn to donna summit. he developed self strong reliance. his work wasn't unnoticed he

received the mothers against drunk driving award for the most d.u.i. arrests and awarded the sheriff's pin. while on patrol lieutenant doolittle was a field training officer which gave him the responsibility of training new deputies in law and procedures. he joined the special enforcement team was selected as the element leader for the chemical agents unit. that year he was assigned as a detective to the investigations unit and handled burglary, theft, stalking, homicides, sexual assaults and assaults with deadly weapons. he was very effective with nearly all of his cases and recognized by the district attorney's office for the thoroughness of his work. in 2012 he received a promotion to sergeant and took on roles as team leader for the critical

response at the jail and working in patrol. overseen teams of deputies and supervised high risk and tactical incidents. in 2024 he was promoted once again to field operations lieutenant and serves as the commander of the south placer substation located in the town of loom is. he works closely with local government and business leaders. lieutenant schwason doolittle service does not stop there. he serves as add junk instructor at shier college and teaches courses in firearms, introduction to criminal law, evidence and professional policing in the community. on top of this he serves as a recruit training officer a position that allows him to mentor and guide new recruits. his leadership, commitment to excellence and ongoing involvement in our community sets him apart. and it is an honor to represent

exemplary individuals like muslim in congress. therefore, on behalf of california's 3rd congressional district and the united states house of representatives, i would like to thank and honor lieutenant doolittle for his ongoing commitment to serving and protecting placer county as a dedicated public servant. mr. speaker, as part of the california congressional district 3, police honor roll and in honor of fall police week 2025 i wish to recognize sheriff mike fisher of the shier sheriff's office for his commitment to serving and protecting the sierra county community. he has served the community for 25 years starting his career as a deputy. then as detective and finally elected sierra sheriff.

sheriff fisher exemplifies what it means to be a dedicated public servant and prioritizing the needs and serving as a strong representative. his passion for championing the rural and ranching counties sets him apart and safeguards life, lint, property and sierra county community values is unparalleled. he is a trusted leader and erp the respect. it is an honor to represent exemplary individuals like sheriff mike fisher and on before of california's 3rd congressional district and united states house of representatives, i thank him for serving and protecting the region as a dedicated public servant.

mr. speaker, as part of the california congressional district 3 police honor roll and in honor of national police week 2025 i wish to recognize detective dan heaton of the sacramento sheriff's office. he began his career in 2014 and spent two years in corrections. he eventually became a field training officer where he was responsible for training new deputies. he was assigned to the problem oriented policing team and promoted to current rank of detective and internet crimes against children task force. throughout his career and decade of public service, he has achieved diversity of accomplishments. one accomplishment of particular note occurred last year in which he led and implemented a pro-active investigation across

nine counties and 30 agencies that located and served warrants on more than 21 suspects who were preying on children. this was a heroic effort that spared many lives. he is known by others for his strong leadership, innovative techniques and understanding of the law and the high standards he holds himself. he assists other law enforcement officers and agencies, sharing the skills that he has worked so hard to develop. his as and dedication to the protection of children is unparalleled. and his tireless efforts have made a meaningful impact. it is an honor to represent exemplary individuals like detective dan heaton and on behalf of california's 3rd congressional district and united states house of representatives, i would like to thank and honor detective heaton for serving and protecting the region as a dedicated public

servant. mr. speaker, in honor of national police week, i wish to recognize and honor officer brett schneider of the lincoln police department tore unwavering commitment to serving and protecting the lincoln community. he was hired in june of 2006. over the last 19 years with the department, officer schneider held e.m.t., field training officer, corporal, arson investigator, u.a.v. coordinator, department instructor and currently assigned as a motorcycle officer. throughout his nearly two decades of public service he has achieved accomplishments to improve the safety of our communities. one accomplishment of particular note rose in 2023 when officer schneider was assigned a full-time role to lead the

traffic unit. officer schneider was given no funding and directed to create a unit. since the start of this task, officer schneider has not only met but exceeded expectations. through his efforts within the traffic unit, he has been sable to secure funding to acquire essential vehicles and equipment that promote traffic safety and traffic motorcycles, d.u.i. enforcement vehicle, specialized equipment for targeted operations and a truck to transport resources. officer schneider secured funding to purchase preliminary drug screening device that is utilized in d.u.i. investigations and making lincoln the first city to utilize this device. it has expanded capabilities within the department leveraging innovative and new

technologies. not om has officer schneider secured equipment for the department but accomplished the traffic safety committee to engage with the community and enhance traffic safety. officer schneider has drone technology to enable the department to recreate the scenes of accidents and see accurate depictions of the chain of events. with his expertise in the field, officer schneider is the expert on traffic matters leading state to new heights and addressing concerns to the implementation of advanced solutions. officer brad schneider is known for his ambition, determination and tireless devotion in promoting safety in the city of lincoln. his efforts made a meaningful impact in the lincoln community. it is an honor to represent exemplary individuals like officer schneider. on behalf of california's 3rd congressional district and

united states house of representatives, i would like to thank and honor officer schneider for his ongoing commitment to protecting the region as a dedicated public servant. .. the . . foy. mr. speaker, in honor of national police week 2025, i wish to recognize detective sterling wolf of the rockland police department for his unwavering commitment to serving and protecting the rockland community. detective wolf has served as a police officer for over a decade. he's held numerous specialized roles including a rapid containment team member, drone pilot, crime scene investigator and now detective. throughout every position he's display and exemplified the highest levels of professional. i, leadership and service. during his time in public service he's achieved a wide diversity of accomplishments to

improve the safety of our communities. over the past year alone he's authored more than 35 search warrant, performed numerous arrests and successfully led complex investigations. one particular accomplishment of note was his use of advanced technology, complex search warrants, social media searches and multiple agency coordination to identify key suspects to bring a high-value theft ring spanning across northern california to justice. detective wolf's commitment to his real and public safety is evident by the various recognitions he's received. he was recognized by a deputy district attorney from placer county and was honored with a life-saving award which he earned after extinguishing a vehicle fire and rendering life-saving aid to a pinned driver while responding to a single vehicle collision. he is proactive and dedicated and has become an invaluable

resource for both his peers and the community. as such he embodies the core values of the rockland police department through integrity, skill and dedication. it is an honor to represent exemplary individuals like detective sterling wolf in congress. on behalf of california's third congressional district and the united states house of representatives, i would like to thank and honor detective wolf for serving and protecting the region as a dedicated public service. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2025, the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, for 30 minutes. mr. roy: i thank the speaker. and i recognize that today is an important, important day in the history of our country. as we all know, 81 years ago, on

june 6, 1944, we had over 150,000 allied troops who attacked the beaches at normandy, knowing full well what they were walking into. 150,000 allied forces, tens of thousands of americans, who stormed the beaches, jumped out of boats into stormy waters, walked into a virtual wall of bullets, went through the fire, went to the cliffs, got shot at on the cliffs, scaled the cliffs, to then have to fight for every yard for the privilege of then getting all the way to baston to sit in foxholes in the freezing cold in christmas of

1944 while being bombarded by germans as they were mounting their last offensive. now, what would cause young men from all over this country to do that? why would they do that? knowing a huge number of them would not make it through the day. they knew that. but they did it anyway. they knew that when they were jumping out of planes in the middle of the night, many of them wouldn't survive. i saw yesterday in social media photos of dozens of young men who didn't make it through that day. photos from them in the lead up to it that morning and the day before in training. what would cause these young men to do that? and the reason is, is that they knew that this country was worth fighting for, not because simply of the existence of the country

but because of what this country represents in terms of opportunity to live free and to prosper according to your own talents, and to be able to live according to your own conscience under our constitution, and under the principles that were advanced in the declaration and that are central to western civilization. and that is what those young men did. we have 400,000 plus americans who lost their lives to defend this country in world war ii. precious few survived that conflict are still alive. if you go down to the memorial here in washington, go down to the world war ii memorial, there's 4,000 plus stars across the monument. each representing 100, 100 young men who did what i just described or who did something similar at iwo jima or did something similar in the dolittle raid.

again, what would cause them to do it? it is to live free. that's what it's about. i've got a letter that a dear friend of mine named victoria coats who served in the trump administration, the first administration, from her grandfather howard. i'll read the letter real quickly. jane, darling, yep, honey it's true your boyfriend is in it now. i can't tell you how long i've been here or where i am, that'll have to come later after i come home. it's the most serious thing i've been in in all my life. i'm well though, darling, all in one place. as you said in the last letter i got from you, i'm well trained and will take care of myself. of course the men come first in our mission but i'm not taking any chances personally except those in the line of duty. most all of our officers and men are reacting fine to these new conditions. i have my own platoon and my own

headquarters out in the field. the fact is i'm sitting in my c.p. now writing this letter. i have charlie as my executive officer, he's very capable my staff sergeant is a boy, polish and a darn good man. the germans killed his grandparents in their invasion into poland. you can well imagine his reaction to all of this. the morale of the men is good, that makes the job easier. golly, i like my little field setup. good radio equipment also, a nice switchboard. then i have a jeep and weapons carrier for my c.p. plus my c.p. personnel. we get a special dehydrated ration that requires only the adding of a little water. i have re-- i haven't received a picture yet but i'm anxious waiting for it. for supper last night we had baked beans, sausage, cold pack tomatoes, biscuits jam and butter. please write regularly, i need it. we haven't received mail since coming to france, but i hope to

get some soon. it helps plenty. you are my big driving force. i like thousands of other americans am doing my damn best to get this war over and get home safely to my family. what did they fight for? i can tell you what they didn't fight for. they didn't fight for a congress to come here and continue $36 trillion of debt. and mortgage their children, their grandchildren, their great grandchildren's future. they didn't come here for this congress to run away from the fight of policy. they didn't risk everything, they didn't walk into a wall of bullets so that people in this chamber can be afraid of tweets or constituents that come in and talk about oh, but you're cutting some program.

they expected us to actually defend this country in this chamber. $1 trillion of interest every year, we're spend manager on interest than we are the entire i have to our national defense. i've got to be honest with you. i don't know whether the big beautiful bill is beautiful enough to support. i got to be honest. i voted for it off of the floor. to send it to the senate. there are a lot of important provisions in it. and i need to level set some of those provisions right now because it is not appropriate for us to run away from the fight now that these young men 80 years ago ran into the fight to preserve. this country will not survive if we mortgage it away. and that's what we're doing. president reagan was correct when he said that every member

of congress when they come to this floor and offer a new bill for a new program should offer a tax increase to go alongside of it. because everybody in this chamber particularly on this side of the aisle are all too fine offering tax cuts because it's like selling dessert, but refuse to put forward the spending cuts so that people have to eat the broccoli. and that's why we're $36 trillion in debt and growing. that's why we have $1 trillion of interest. by the way as interest rates go up, the price of that debt goes up. we're going to be at $1.5 trillion or $2 trillion of interest payments because we can't do our job correctly. now the big beautiful bill, lest go through it. the bill is what i would call the good, the bad and the ugly. that's truth. and i'm not going to get into personalities and squabbles and back and forth. the president is right that we need to move a bill through here with tax cuts and spending restraint so he can get the agenda done he campaigned on.

he's 100% right and we should do that. elon is right that this bill doesn't cut enough. that's the truth. two things can be true at the same time. and the barrier to actually achieving the greatness of moving the big beautiful bill through that would achieve the president's agenda and achieving what elon is rightly saying which is that we should cut more, the barrier is right here in this chamber. it's right over there in the senate. people unwilling to face their constituents and tell them the truth. i'm going to try to sit here on the floor and tell the truth. i had to hold my nose to vote for this bill two weeks ago off the house floor to the senate. why? it does not cut enough. and it's not even close to cutting enough. my colleagues say oh but chip, it's the biggest spending decrease in history. let's be very clear. it is a reduction in future increases, of about $1.6 trillion. yes. that is this biggest amount ever.

but gets what? we have sizably more debt and sizably more spending than ever. so of course it should be. but it should be more. $1.6 trillion in cuts, or future reductions is really about $160 billion a year over 10 years. that's the truth. the truth is, our whole budget has grown from about $3.6 trillion a decade ago to $7.2 trillion now. it's doubled. and everybody wants to applaud themes for $160 billion of reductions and increases. i'm sorry, i don't think that's good enough. the fact is our budget, the budget we passed to get the big beautiful bill through, says that we should be at $6.5 trillion for 2026. but after this bill, if it's passed this way out of the senate, we'd be at $7.2 trillion. that's a lot of numbers.

the fact of the matter is, unless we have record economic growth for an entire decade, deficits will go up. that's the truth. this bill front loads all of the cost, so for the first four year, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, deficits are up. that's on a dynamic basis. you'll hear people taking shots at c.b.o. and they should. the c.b.o. is biased, the c.b.o. is left leaning and the c.b.o. doesn't always get it right. but no economist ever always gets it right. we took care of that at least in part in the budget committee by assuming growth. we assumed economic growth of 2.6%. higher than the last two decades average. lower than the historic average. why does that matter in because we've already accounted for what you call dynamic scoring.

meaning the impact of the tax cuts on revenue. so what does that mean in simple terms? it means that if you look at our analysis, even assuming economic growth and more revenue from that growth, we will still have $400 billion of deficits added to the existing $2 trillion deficit in 2026 because of the bill. those deficits will go up even more. it will be another $400 billion or so in 2027. 2028. we added the deficits. 2029, we add to the deficits. finally in finally in 2030, deficit go down. and look at the entirety of the 10 years under this bill, it is somewhere around break even on the impact of deficits. again, everybody understand what i'm saying, the deficits around

$2 trillion will continue. this bill will adjust taxes and adjust spending, will increase deficits for three, four, five years and then cut deficits in the outer five years if you believe that will ever happen. only in this town do you assume that the good things will happen in five years and accept the bad things in the first years. but that's what we're doing. now to be clear and to be fair, this does not account for tariff revenue, which is up. of course tariff revenue has to be factored into the economic impact of the tariffs. you have to stir that in the pot and decide what's going to happen. if you ask me to weigh all of this, i will tell you that on the simple question of whether this bill will add to or decrease deficits, i think it will add to the deficits.

because for the first five years, even dine lickically scored -- dynamicically scored. you can't assume tariff revenue, you are still going to be adding to the deficits even factoring for the economic impact of growth. that is nerdy speak. everyone sent us here to save the country. you can't save the country if you are adding to the deficit and interest rates aren't going down because you are being fiscally responsible. that's the simple truth. why are we here? why despite did i just said hold my nose and vote for the bill? a, as part of the process and holeful that the senate will make the bill better. probably not a good bet. the senate rarely makes things

better. ok, b, we did get some serious reforms to medicaid. i am proud of those reforms. but i have to be honest with you, kind of like breathing. when i tell you the reforms, i said wait, we don't do that already? we are going to reverse the damage of the biden administration and expansion of obamacare by saying this, you shouldn't be medicaid if you are able bodied and aren't working. democrats are saying you are slashing medicaid. no, we're not. we are simply saying you should have to work. same thing for food stamps. republican colleagues say this is the greatest thing. every american says why weren't you doing that already? it's like basic business of congress. why would you do that. why would you provide benefits

to people who are able to work and don't. it's insane. we saved hundreds of billions of medicaid reform and enforcing eligibility and only the vulnerable get it instead of able bodied but we aren't stopping the money laundering scam or expansion stays under obamacare gets seven times more money for the able bodied than the vulnerable. we are going to do knowing about that. we are going to do knowing about the provider taxes that are part of the scam and blue states are giving money to illegals because they money through washington to give it to hospitals and insurance companies and then give them a tax break on the back end. well documented and well reported and this body isn't doing a damn thing because they are too afraid to take on the insurance and hospital lobbies -- lobbies.

and yet, i voted for the bill. why? because if we don't, we keep operating under the current system which means we keep giving medicaid to people without work requirements. do i vote for the bill so i can actually have the common sense of a medicaid work requirement start in 2026 or do i vote no in the bill because deficits are going to go up and these are the bare basics while not stopping the money laundering scam and encourage the 10 states not to expand. this is the hobson choice that someone like me or some of my other colleagues face all under the bluster of what this bill does or does not do which 90% of the body can explain or the americans or people in the media. we had lots of new tax cuts.

this is the secret everybody should understand, all of the new tax cuts expire after four or five years. you want to know what is a classic washington gimmick? that's one. you are getting the bait and switch and have these tax cuts applied for four years because they will expire don't you know in four years so you don't have score them now. don't worry over 10 years this thing produces deficits but don't score the last five years because the tax cuts expire. let me ask you a question, if you are watching this, all 12 of you on c-span tell me whether you think if we put in place the child tax credit, i don't care about you have the policy. i think it's a giveaway and don't think it creates economic

growth. we are going to give away another $500 for every child even though it costs thousands to raise them but only going to do it for four years. i am not allowed to speak to address the audience, but anybody who happens to be listening in the chamber or c-span, would you go to vegas and bet yes or no that those tax credits would be expanded in five years? you know damn well they will be expanded in five years, but we don't score that. that is a washington gimmick. there are seven of those or important of these tax cuts that expire in four, five years, but are not then scored for the outer five years so everything can balance. but it doesn't. that's 1.6 trillion of additional lost revenue. now, again, let me be clear. i support a lot of those

policies. i don't think we should be taxing social security on seniors either at all or certainly as much. i don't think we should have taxes -- i think we should give tax benefits for moving manufacturing to the united states and give rap i had depreciation expensive ing for those companies. i am for that policy and might be one of the few that might pay for themselves with the growth. how about the auto loan tax deduction. we have that in there now? do you think they will let it expire in four years when everybody is used to deducting auto insurance. maybe it's fine policy, but shouldn't we pay for it? and have more spending reductions or continue to do these policies and all my republican colleagues say chip, they pay for themselves. are you a tax raiser?

chip, you are out there saying it's going to raise taxes. ronald reagan said if you come down here with a new idea you ought to have a tax aattached it. farm bureau wants more money. when the cancer people say more research. i'm a cancer survivor and i tell them know, because damn it, we don't have anymore money. everyone says we are going to authorize more spending and do a tax cut because that's your money and you are going to keep your tax. i agree. let me be clear and play clips that chip roy wants more tax increases. everybody in this chamber every tax cut pays for itself. what if i cut taxes to 1%? do those all pay for themselves? no, they don't. and we owe $36 trillion and

everybody watching this, your kids, grand kids and great-grand kids are holding the bag because you wanted your free crap. this is always the united states house of free crap. and that's what we do. we just write checks. the inflation reduction act. the green new scam. i'm going to tell you the one reason i voted for this bill. one, i like the medicaid requirements and extension of the tax cuts and policies that stop funding planned parenthood and transgender surgeries, all of those are good, but in my opinion we needed more spending restraint. but i voted for this bill and one reason and this is why i am on the floor today because i need the united states senate to hear this as clearly i can say it, we got new restrictions on the green new scam to ensure

that 55 or 60% that were going to enrich billions of corporations to put money in the chinese and undermine natural gas and bolstering wind and solar literring landscape to provide unreliable energy, we fought like hell to get restrictions on that to get 60% of the green new scam terminated. the president campaigned but this weak a smp smp congress and senate aren't going to do that because they can't disrupt it. so they can get free money and you guys all subsidize they are getting rich and your grid gets weaker, this congress is going to do that and we fought like cats and dogs to get that 60% and everybody in town, the k.

street lobby are freaking out. we can't be and that is the one reason i voted for this bill. my message to the senate. this will get. i am looking at you tom thill is. you back one edge and i'm voting against this bill. i want the white house and senate. only reason i voted for this bill because those subsidies are killing or energy, killing our dprid, making us weaker and destroying our landscape and undermining our freedom. you do what you want to do in the senate, house of lords, but if you mess up the green new scam subsidies, i ain't voting for that bill. we have a duty to actually honor

81 years later, all these colleagues of mine both sides of the aisle, they'll go out, d-day there will be a tweet from everybody. june 14, 250th birthday. there will be a tweet. july 4th, they'll walk, kiss babies, iowa. what do they do on veterans day or memorial day. what are we doing to honor the memory who gave the last full of devotion who died for this country so we can be $36 trillion in debt and subsidize the green new scam and run away from having a tough tight from constituents that there is no more room in the inn? because i got to tell you this bill does not meet the moment. i voted for it because i believed strongly in stopping those green new scam subsidies,

but we ought to do better. the senate ought to do better and if the senate weakens shame on the stat. if the house takes it, shame on the house. the president of the united states campaigned on terminating the green new scam. we should terminate it. the president said we should get rid of waste, fraud and abuse in medicaid, we should and enriching blue states at the expense of red states expansion states versus nonexpansion states and enriching the able bodied at the expense of the vulnerable. the president campaigned on tax relief and should have the cuts to go along side to ensure that the deficits go down, which is balancing the budget of the united states. i do not believe this bill yet will do that. we'll see what the senate does

over the next week. but we will do a disservice to the memories of those we are celebrating today on the 81st day of d-day and do a disservice to those who fought, died and bled for this country. but more importantly, a disservice to the ancestors and kids and grand kids who are holding the bag of high inflation and a bond market that is tetering on the edge because we refuse to do our job. . foy. . . . . we have an obligation to do and i hope the senate will step up and make this bill better. if they leave it the same, they can send it to the president's desk. if they leave it basically the same and send it back, a lot of us will hold our nose and say i

guess that's the best this congress is capable of doing. it's like general patton's quote in the movie, well, what did you do during the great ww ii? well you won't have to say you shoveled crap in louisiana. what is congress going to say that they did at this moment in time, in history, to save this country? i hope the senate will listen, make this bill better, make it deserves of the president's campaign and mandate and deliver for the american people. but they better darn well not backslide. because frankly, it was hard to hold my nose to vote for that bill in the first place because i'm over the barrel trying to actually make medicaid work and trying to make these subsidies get repeal and try to do the job that the president campaigned on while we are too inclined to want to have giveaways that don't simply add up. s that moment for us to rise up

and deliver. i hope the senate will do it. i hope the house will follow. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are e-- members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair and not to a perceived viewing audience. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rush to be recognized? mr. roy: i move to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until noon of next monday for morning hour

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